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| noola |
Posted - 24/03/2011 : 22:18:51
Hi all, my gorgeous baby butter sol is only about 25 gramms and roughly 6-7 months old. He is a brilliant feeder always scoffs his food and looks for more. At the min i feed him 2 small pinkies every 5 days but i was wondering if i could up the size of his prey now. He does have a noticible bump, well 2, after eating but he allways seems so hungry. What would u say should i keep to the 2 pinkys or try 1 fuzzy maybe |
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| herriotfan |
Posted - 25/03/2011 : 09:18:20
Snakes are opportunist feeders so appearing to still be hungry and looking for more is normal.
Once you get Sol onto fuzzies you might want to feed once a week instead of every 5 days.  |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 25/03/2011 : 07:03:17
1.5 times the width of the snake's body at it's widest point is a guideline for maximum food size for corns
i would have thought a fuzzy would be an appropriate size |
| mikeyd_26 |
Posted - 24/03/2011 : 23:56:25
thats wot i said!
EDit - errm no i didnt! sorry 150% is wot was meant ;) |
| lotabob |
Posted - 24/03/2011 : 23:20:50
?? Just to clarify the food item should be no bigger than 1.5 times the thickest part of the snake (Thats 150% of the snakes thickest bit but sticking to decimals is far easier).
As said before if 2 pinkies are leaving a noticeable bulge then use up your pinkies, then consider switching to fuzzies, 2 pinkies are bigger in mass than 1 small fuzzy but I think fuzzies have more nutrients as Spot had a massive growth spurt just after switching. |
| mikeyd_26 |
Posted - 24/03/2011 : 22:34:52
as long as the food item is no bigger than around 50 percent of the widest part of your snakes body it should be fine - i have a 7 month old corn who quite happily munches a large fuzzy no probs! :)
EDIT - although they do grow at different rates so it can vary from snake to snake |
| gmac |
Posted - 24/03/2011 : 22:28:23
if there is a noticeable bump I would leave him what hes on, |
