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| zandefloss |
Posted - 12/12/2010 : 22:50:45
Hello there - I have a corn snake who is just over a year old, she is quite large for her age, she eats 2 large mice every 2 weeks and is still growing, I cannot tell you her current weight because she's become too big for the scales I own.
She is otherwise a healthy, normal corn snake, she has not had any problems in the past, but when she shed this time there was a small amount of blood on the vent part of her shed. It is definately blood, from her, the last time she defecated was 3 days ago, which was normal and showed no signs of anything untoward.
I watched her shed this time and it did not seem to take any extra effort, but there was a slight 'pull' but nothing dramatic or unusual.
Any thoughts on this would be great :)
zan x |
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| SexyBear77 |
Posted - 04/01/2011 : 12:14:15
Any full body pics of her? |
| jonoandapril |
Posted - 04/01/2011 : 11:38:03
diffrent snakes grow at diff rates if shes healthy then i would say carry on as shes not fat frm it,are girls big for her age and we have had to up her food so id say if your happy with it and she is go for it just make note of her waight ever 4wks and keep track so as not to make her fat lol id love to see a pic of her mate !! sounds like shes gona eat you out of house n home by the time she fully grown! |
| zandefloss |
Posted - 15/12/2010 : 00:40:35
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Originally posted by eeji
 2 large mice at a year old??!!!!!! how big is the snake? that seems rather a lot :S
she's a year and 4 months old and 3ft 2inches, I think this might be quite big for her age. I've been checking her for any signs of white between the scales, lines on the scales or 'hips' appearing and she just looks like a normal snake, should I be feeding her less? She starts hunting around after just over a week and I feed her every 2 weeks on 2 large mice.
Last time I weighed her was when she was a year old - she was 2ft 3 inches, 140g and was eating 1 medium mouse every week at that point. So in 6 months she's put on a foot, is that ok?
I'm a bit confused :S but glad that the blood doesn't mean anything :)
zan x |
| Mort13 |
Posted - 13/12/2010 : 21:16:05
Glad I've seen this thread. I'd have had a heart attack if I found blood on one of my snakes sheds and didn't know it was a normal thing to come across!! |
| zandefloss |
Posted - 13/12/2010 : 20:36:23
I've been following the feeding chart on here - going up when she reached the appropriate weight, she's still the proper shape, I don't know why she's so heavy really, I don't know what to do :S she'd clearly not using the weight to put on chub, she's just heavy and long I think :) I'll try and weigh her on some bigger scales soon :) |
| eeji |
Posted - 13/12/2010 : 18:44:17
2 large mice at a year old??!!!!!! how big is the snake? that seems rather a lot :S
the bits of blood are nothing to worry about, some of mine get it occasionally |
| Kehhlyr |
Posted - 13/12/2010 : 18:38:29
Nothing to worry about, a vast amount of snakes have these next to the vent when shedding.
My King has just left the exact same things on the last shed as well. |
| zandefloss |
Posted - 13/12/2010 : 15:37:41
no, just a little blood, nothing else, and her vent looks normal, clean and nearly invisible :) |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 13/12/2010 : 15:19:00
Was there some white gunky stuff around there XD My male has a bit of blood around there when he sheds sometimes as he's a guy and hasn't had any action in a while. |
| hiper2009 |
Posted - 13/12/2010 : 10:01:59
Maybe she on her period lol  |
| n/a |
Posted - 13/12/2010 : 08:58:22
I having the same problem with me and I am happy to find this thread here otherwise I have to make it. I am suffering this problem from last one week. I have tried it lot but no one can solved it so I decided to as here. If anyone has the solution for it than suggest the best. |
| zandefloss |
Posted - 12/12/2010 : 23:01:55
here's a pic if this helps :) thanks again :) |
