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| liesela |
Posted - 07/02/2011 : 15:47:54
I've just been browsing online sites for pinkys for Mytika and there is a lot of difference in price/size and info on how big for what snakey!
I was wondering as I've seen a lot of newbie posts on here about help with feeding if someone with experience could make a sticky feeding guide which would probably help a lot! Even i'm unsure when to move Mytika on to fuzzies, I'd say she's on med - large pinkys now or 2 small or med ones depending on how hungry she's acting!
Anyone up to the task?
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| ilovemypets1988 |
Posted - 08/02/2011 : 19:35:49
this website has a feeding guide on there, it has a table of feeding on it for you to follow
http://www.livefoodsdirect.co.uk/frozenfoods.asp |
| tehbunneh |
Posted - 07/02/2011 : 23:33:04
Generally, the easiest way to tell is the amount of bump that is left in the snake. If the mouse is around 1.5x bigger then the snakes WIDEST girth, then it should be fine. Anything bigger, you may cause a regurge, but anything smaller, and you may find that your snake still acts hungry. You'll start to learn your own snake's capabilities though. My Widget is kind of off my little tweaked plan so that I can get his weight up. He's still toblerone-ish from when I got him, but he went up 3g this month, so I'm hopeful! My oldest, Ripley, went up by 19g since he's been on the small adults! |
| liesela |
Posted - 07/02/2011 : 21:45:42
I'm not sure how much Mytika weighs now - scale broke when I weighed the cat! :D (doesn't sound good for the cats weight does it )
So i'm getting a new one next week, But she's on 2 med-large pinkies a week to 10 days. I'm learning to tell when she's hungry by how she's acting! :) |
| tehbunneh |
Posted - 07/02/2011 : 20:46:51
Exactly ^^ According to the Munson, my Ripley, being now 113g, should go up to medium adult mice. He still struggles with small ones, bless him! I'm going to wait till around 130g to assess his capabilities and continue with the small adults until I feel happy that he is ready for such mice! |
| eeji |
Posted - 07/02/2011 : 20:17:07
if the 'munson plan' has been quoted correctly where ever you read it, it does say at the bottom that it is only a rough guide and common sense should be used :) |
| tehbunneh |
Posted - 07/02/2011 : 17:17:20
Search for the Munson Feeding Guide. Some people say it is a bit of a speed-diet thing, for if you want to breed and want to get up to breeding weights quickly, but it is good for guidance even if you aren't interested. I tweaked it a bit for my own purposes, as the mice I get from my local pet shop can sometimes vary a lot in size, so I took that into consideration and altered it a little. Just search for it, you'll find it. |
