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Feed more/bigger?

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bryansnake

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Ok. So I'm currently feeding my snake 1 pinky, every 5 days. She's about 16/17 inches long, and around 9 or 10 grams (I just weighed her, but she fed yesterday on a 2g pinky.). From what I've read, a food bump should last from 24-48 hours. Well, it's been a little more then 24 hours, and she's now out and about roaming her cage. Should I start feeding her a pinky and a half now? Or is 1 pinky still going to be enough?
 
What is the diameter of the pink like compared to the snake? It should be 1-1.5x the widest part of the snake.

I know some follow the Muson Plan, which could give you some direction. Another option is to feed the snake a prey item that is 10-15% of its body weight (ie. 100 gram corn eats 10-15 gram mouse).
 
The pinks I think are in the 1-1.5x range. I weighed the last one and it was 2 grams. So if I went with 10% then that would be too big for her since she'd have to be 20 grams. It's just that I want to make sure I'm feeding her enough to keep her healthy. And I've been following the munson plan so far, it says that she should be eating 1 pink 2-3 grams every 5-6 days. I'm just wondering now if that's enough for her.
 
The Muson plan is fairly aggressive to be honest, or so I am told.

At any rate, I think your fine. I usually use a combination of the approaches mentioned to feed my snakes.
 
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