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Are there dangers in feeding too small mice?

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luschen

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Hi,

I just received a shipment of mice from the mouse factory and they might be a bit smaller than the first 4 mice I have fed her. She is 1 1/2 years old - I haven't gotten her on a scale yet, but she is about 2 1/2 feet with her biggest diameter approximately that of a quarter. The mice are weanlings, about the same or maybe a bit bigger than her largest diameter. Is there any danger to feeding her these, besides the fact she may not grow quite as fast? I have been feeding her once a week, should I increase the schedule to every 5 or 6 days?
 
I wouldnt worry about it, Corns in the wild dont refuse meals that arent the same size as their last. If your worried about it not growing as fast, then yes you could increase your feeding to say every 6 days. But I wouldnt worry about it really to be honest. :)
 
Well Moxie is about 160 g, so according to the Munson plan I am fine with weanlings - wish I hadn't bought 50 though! I guess next year she can go to the big boy mice. :cheers:
 
luschen said:
The mice are weanlings, about the same or maybe a bit bigger than her largest diameter.
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If they are the same, or a bit larger, than her largest diameter ... they are not too small. Prey items should be the same, or 1.5, the largest diameter of the snake.

Even if they were smaller, small prey items do not pose any problems that would be outside of something that may be weight/growth related.

If/when a prey item becomes "too small" (and you do not have an appropriate sized item), you could either feed more often (example: every five days rather than every seven) or give multiple prey items (example: two rather than one) at the snake's, otherwise, normally scheduled feeding time (as long as the multiple prey items is not too much).
 
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