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stepup from adult mice?

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Muzby

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my corn is 2ish years o i go there now that old, she is eating adult mice, i cant order jumbo mice easily but can find some im sure...

anyways she cruises her viv after ever meal. every day until her next meal. rinse repeat. she used to hide r a few days after eating...

does this mean she needs more food?

no changes in her viv, placement etc
 
They don't need anything larger than adult mice, so don't worry about it. Their behaviours do change as they grow, so apart from a double-check of temperatures I wouldn't worry about that either.

The roaming is instinctive hunting behaviour. They're just programmed to do that as in the wild they can hunt for weeks without finding food. Just ignore it - if you feed on demand in response to that behaviour, then she'll eat as much as you give her and end up overweight (with the associated health problems and shortened lifespan).

My adults get one adult mouse every 2-3 weeks.
 
oh... we\re feeding her once a week.... she's 3ftish. should we go down to a mouse every few weeks instead?
 
It depends on the snake - they can react differently to the same feeding regimes. If she's still growing then once a week is fine. I'd be inclined to drop down to once every ten days at most, but that's just me. All I can tell you for sure is that it's easier to get weight on a slightly lean snake than it is trying to shift fat off a slightly flabby one.
 
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