olive python eating

[snakeman23]

i fed my olive yesturday shes 4 months old and she ate 6 10 say old quials is this normal any help would be great thanks

 

[blakehose]

Maybe try feeding a larger food size so you don't have to feed so many in one sitting. Can you attach some pictures of the lump it has left in her ? My Olive eats like a machine !

 

[batcho101]

at 4 months i was feeding mine 2 sub adult rats a week. she is now about a year old and eating a medium rat every 4 -5 days. she would eat anything i put in her enclosure

 

[snakeman23]

 

[blakehose]

Thats one content little Olive! If it will take rats maybe try her on one or two larger rats rather than 6 Quail. Or even a couple of larger Quail if she turns down rat. The lump in the stomach definetly does not need to be bigger than that, if anything, maybe try a little less.

 

[snakeman23]

thanks will try some rats quails just worked out cheaper as i have 10 snakes to feed

 

[spanna_spamload]

at 4 months i was feeding mine 2 sub adult rats a week. she is now about a year old and eating a medium rat every 4 -5 days. she would eat anything i put in her enclosure

How long do you think your olive is now? you are certainly pumping it with food my female is 4months old and i have her on hoppers and she is a bit over 1metre long

 

[batcho101]

mine is getting close to 6 foot now and definitely loves her food. within a day and a half there is no bump left in her from a medium rat. cant wait till she is full grown

 

[snakeman23]

She would be a bit over a meter aswell after I feed her 1 or 2 she still searches for more so if she's hungry Ill give her more they are only 8grams each I think next time I will give her something bigger

 

[Fireflyshuffle]

4 Months old and only on hoppers? Mines a year and a half now, fed every 2 weeks a 3 week old rabbit

 

[spanna_spamload]

yeh im about to double the weight of the rats i feed her, i get my rats from the local uni so hoppers were all i could get