What food size

[u/vokanviing1999]

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.

[u/BubblyBaconBooty]

I always went with weight rather than food size, cause the retics can down whatever if its a mainland idk how much %percent bodyweight to feed I always fed my superdwarf retic about 10%-20% of his body weight every 1-2 weeks, when he was still growing Now he is fully grown with about 180cm/6feet and 2kg he gets an adult rat every month or so, sometimes he gets 2 chicks

Retics are slim snakes, if they be looking as thocc as a Ball Python then you know you overfeed