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| Mort13 |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 20:28:03
Hi,sorry if I sound like a stress head! Loki is around 2 and a half months to 3 months (I think). He's approx 44cm/17 inches and weighs 14 grams.
Is that ok as I read someone elses post and their snake shorter than Loki but heavier? I know there can be variations,but I just want to be sure :-/ |
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| Mort13 |
Posted - 12/10/2010 : 07:44:46
Thanks everyone. You have definitely put my mind at ease on things He's due to be fed on Wednesday so I'll try him with 2 little ones and see how he goes. Thats if he's not blue,been a bit quiet the last couple of days. |
| eeji |
Posted - 11/10/2010 : 23:20:44
looking at the size of him in the pics, he looks like fuzzies will be no problem :) |
| Mort13 |
Posted - 11/10/2010 : 17:48:33
Ooh doubling up,sounds scary!! I know I've got to be brave though. God,its as bad as having kids and letting them stay over for the first time |
| HannahB |
Posted - 11/10/2010 : 12:49:44
the shop will probably have some bigger pinkies that might be found in the fuzzies box.. any rep shop if they are good will happily sort through them for you - all the ones ive been to have anyway
if you dont have any bigger ones then you could always double up on the smaller ones so he gets two |
| Mort13 |
Posted - 11/10/2010 : 12:19:25
Thankyou,you've put my mind at ease there
The largest of the pinkies I've ever had is 2g and he's never had any trouble taking them bless him
The link I followed mentioned large pinkies (approx 3.5) I'm not sure if the pet shop does them or goes from pinkies to fuzzies.
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| HannahB |
Posted - 11/10/2010 : 12:08:51
he looks fine
seriously i wouldnt panic too much - mine were all different weights and lengths at that age
personally i would feed a smaller one and then in 5 days feed a bigger one, then feed bigger ones every 5/6 days but its totally up to you and what your snake can handle |
| Mort13 |
Posted - 11/10/2010 : 11:56:38
Right I'm, going to sound like a right numpty now!
Do you mean mean give him a 1g pinkie next time and then a 2g pinkie 7 days after that? Or do you mean to skip the 1g pinkie in 5 days and just give him a 2g one in 7 days instead? Or to see if I can get some pinkies larger than 2g?
Sorry!
Taken some pics of him this morning,he looks fine to me but if you think different then would you let me know. Sorry to be a pest!
 
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| gingerpony |
Posted - 11/10/2010 : 10:24:41
or............if you feed a smaller pinkie feed in 5 days time, if you feed a bigger pinkie next feed in 7 days time? |
| Mort13 |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 22:51:59
I'm lucky in that I have a local pet shop that I get them from. Will ask them for to pick out the bigger ones next time then. Although I only bought 6 last Sat.
Might just give him the larger ones then get some more
Thankyou |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 22:43:39
They are fine but it would be probably best if you buy your pinkies from a petshop to make them root around for bigger ones once he has eaten all the ones you've got. |
| Mort13 |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 22:40:10
Is that ok for him then? Sorry to mither :-/ |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 22:29:50
They sound like day old ones to me. |
| Mort13 |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 21:50:46
Hi,thanks for that. I've just weighed the pinkies. The smallest was 1g and the largest was 2g. |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 21:22:05
You can either weigh them or size, very small pinky ones are probably day old ones. Bigger ones are probably like 2+ days old
http://anfrozenfoods.co.uk/#/mice/4532624648 should be more helpful :) |
| Tiffany-x |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 21:14:54
Just look at the sizes, some are tiny tiny and some are a little bigger, just have a look at the differences and you can probably work it out. :)
Tiffany-x |
| Mort13 |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 21:10:57
I'm not sure to be honest. They've varied in size a bit. How do you know?
I fed him every 7 days the first 2 weeks I had him,then started feeding him every 6 weeks. On the last feed I left 5 days. |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 21:05:25
6 days is fine. 5-7 days is fine :) What size pinkies are you feeding if you know? Like day old or older? |
| a33272 |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 20:59:45
id feed 5 days if it was me |
| Mort13 |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 20:42:00
He looks fine to me and he's active enough. Wasn't worried till I saw the size and weight of the snake on the other post.
He's been having a pinkie every 6 days |
| a33272 |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 20:37:28
best judgement is made visually you dont want to be able to visually see the skelatel frame through the skin, and imgine chopping your snake in half its cross section should resemble a loaf of bread shape, just looked at my chart when marmalade was 52cm long she was 25gms, so proberly abit lighter that mine at that length
how often are u feeding and what size |
