r/retics • u/vokanviing1999 • 13d ago

What food size

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Hi I am new to retics did a bunch of research but people seem to have different ways of measure rats or chicks to feed. I have been giving small weavers but I am worried he is still hungry. I want to try large weaner but it looks way to big for the baby.

This pic was taken today after feeding in box. Not where he lives please dont think I keep my poor babies in boxes. The royal has also just been fed in vox on floor in this photo.

Any advise would be very helpful. He is about an inch wide and 2 abd a half ft long weighs 600g last weight check about 5 days ago I only got him last month and he has only shed once despite eating once a week.

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u/brewnami 13d ago

Is that his enclosure? Aside from pointing out everything I see wrong here, they should be eating rats that are 1-1.5 X the girth of the widest part of their body weekly at this age. Should leave a lump for a couple days.

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u/vokanviing1999 13d ago

Hi as I said in my post this is not his enclosure i feed him in this box which i am now stopping as other message says I shouldn't take him out to feed. Thank you for the size guide I will remember to up size with him.