Silversides per feeding

[Light of Dae]

Hello all!
I have an approx. 18 inch ribbon snake, and was wondering if yall can help me with a feeding question. I know each snake(and any animal) is their own indivual but about how many silversides per feeding and how often should I give them? And also can he survive on those alone or does he need a variety or do i need to add supplements?


P.S. I just joined(this is my first post), but have already had alot of questions answered by this forum, so thank you for all your knoweledge and answering everyone's questions. This is where I learned about thiamiase in some fish and safe silversides

How many silversides... General rule of thumb is until you can see a bulge. So it really depends on the size of silversides you get.
How often... Depends how fast the bulge goes away. I normally feed 2 big meals plus a small one in a week. So 2-3 times a week.
He could probably survive on those alone.. But I don't think he'd thrive. A lot of people find variety is best, as do I. Supplements I don't use... Some members do, some members don't. I think If you only feed silversides supplementing may be a good idea... but I'd go with a variety of foods over supplementing any day, Personally.


I'm happy to hear you looked around this site n found a lot of your answers! That is awesome! Glad you joined. Awesome job on reading up on thiamiase too.
You seem like a smart caring owner so far

[ProXimuS]

Thanks yall for all the info! This forum has really been very helpful!

I'm going to look into finding somewhere to get some earthworms/nightcrawlers, and maybe some pinkie mice, but I'm so sad to think about those little tiny baby mice! But if its good for my proximus then I can try it I will also need to check the ingredients of my silversides, I didn't think to do that.

P.S. guidofatherof5- Mine is a t.proximus orarius too (I named him Proximus, I think it sounds cool)