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| smart bunny |
Posted - 26/04/2012 : 14:46:17
OK, so when I started Okeetee Mick gave me the following fdeeding guide:
Single pinks 6 days Snake = 4-15g
Large pinks (2pink) 7 days Snake = 16-25g
Fuzz (5-6g) 7 days Snake = 26-40g
Small (8-10g) 7 days Snake = 41-80g
Small x 2 (8-10g) 7 days Snake = 80-120g
Mouse (18-20g) 7-14d days Snake = 120+g
I have been following this happily with Corno and am very pleased with her progress.
Ember I'm a little unsure about - I've always thought she looks very tiny, and the other day when I weighed her she was 14g, but she's very long for her weight compared with Corno at that age (who was shorter and fatter, but not fat iykwim!). As a result a single pinky still leaves a noticeable bump. Weight wise it looks like she should be increasing to 2 pinks in a week or so, and she does seem thin as I say, but my instinct is that as a single pink leaves such a bump I should leave her for a bit longer. Of course I'm also torn that maybe she needs to fatten up a bit? When Corno moved up to 2 pinks the 1st one was barely leaving a bump.
What would you more experienced forumites do please?!
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| 6 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| smart bunny |
Posted - 27/04/2012 : 12:05:31
Yeah, I'm going to thanks Claire - I was originally expecting to feed every 6 days as I did with Corno, (who had previously been fed weekly) but I think she needs that little bit extra so it's every 5 for her! She's already reached the length plus width of her faun - when Corno did that I moved her into her viv, but no way this skinny little thing is going in a viv for a while yet, she'd escape in a shot lol! |
| claire_daz |
Posted - 26/04/2012 : 17:24:48
i would stay at one every 5 days i thought midget was small but when i weight him he had gained 7 g in 2 weeks we offered him his first fluff on tuesday and he took it no trouble infact i tried to grab my finger after so gave him one of the pinkies we had left too wich he eat in four seconds flat
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| lupi lou |
Posted - 26/04/2012 : 15:04:36
oh right they must do it differntly to my p@h then lol. |
| smart bunny |
Posted - 26/04/2012 : 15:01:48
Actually, PaH were feeding her 2x weekly (which is why I was surprised she was so small!) - but in the last month before I got her she had been refusing some of them so it was about 1x week for the last month.
Yay, my instincts were right, go me lol!! |
| lupi lou |
Posted - 26/04/2012 : 14:56:02
thats quite a bumb i wouldn't move up yet, also remeber that p@h would only have been feeding her every 7 days not 5 so that could by why you feel she looks like she needs to bulk up a bit. |
| tordyjo |
Posted - 26/04/2012 : 14:49:32
looking at that picture, i'd leave her on the single pink for now, i personally don't go off those charts with prey size and snake weight, i go by the size of the prey (1.5 x the widest part of the snake) and the size of the bump left following a feed. When you notice the bump becoming less then move up to 2, wouldn't imagine it'd be that long and a couple of weeks on double pinks it'll be fuzzy time as if they can manage 2 pinks they should manage a fuzzy. |
