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| Fernando Pierre |
Posted - 26/02/2010 : 20:08:29
Hi every one i now have my second snake wooooooohhhhhhh second week of having her left her for a week and now i dont know how much to feed here shes 0.9m long fully grown she is roughly about 3 feet long should i be feeding her 1 or 2 fully grown mice because i am feeding him 2 fully grown mice and he loves them!  i dont know so i thought you guys/girls were the best to ask!
thanks so much!
Fernando |
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| Kellog |
Posted - 28/02/2010 : 04:29:10
Ok, I am getting confused....
Fernando, you have 2 snakes - a male and a female. Could you make it clear the age, length and weight of each snake.
Thanks.
xxx |
| DannyBrown91 |
Posted - 27/02/2010 : 20:08:39
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Originally posted by mikerichards
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Originally posted by Fernando Pierre
Hi every one i now have my second snake wooooooohhhhhhh second week of having her left her for a week and now i dont know how much to feed here shes 0.9m long fully grown she is roughly about 3 feet long should i be feeding her 1 or 2 fully grown mice because i am feeding him 2 fully grown mice and he loves them! i dont know so i thought you guys/girls were the best to ask!
thanks so much!
Fernando
how do you work out that 3ft is fully grown? at 3ft, they have just reached the beginning of adult hood! 2 large mice a week is what i feed my small adults, once they get to about 4.5 - 5ft and about 6 -700g then all they need is a maintenence feed.
I thought 3 foot was a bit small but if it isnt fully grown and fernando is a bit off on the size then that is one seriously chunky snake... |
| mikerichards |
Posted - 27/02/2010 : 17:08:20
quote:
Originally posted by Fernando Pierre
Hi every one i now have my second snake wooooooohhhhhhh second week of having her left her for a week and now i dont know how much to feed here shes 0.9m long fully grown she is roughly about 3 feet long should i be feeding her 1 or 2 fully grown mice because i am feeding him 2 fully grown mice and he loves them! i dont know so i thought you guys/girls were the best to ask!
thanks so much!
Fernando
how do you work out that 3ft is fully grown? at 3ft, they have just reached the beginning of adult hood! 2 large mice a week is what i feed my small adults, once they get to about 4.5 - 5ft and about 6 -700g then all they need is a maintenence feed. |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 27/02/2010 : 13:05:40
what exactly is she if she's 3ft fully grown??
one regular mouse weekly should be plenty for her. and for an adult male weighing in at 650-700g a large mouse every 10-14 days. but monitor their weight and adjust the feeding regime accordingly, your adult male doesn't really want to put on much more weight |
| Azzheasman |
Posted - 27/02/2010 : 08:34:34
i can vouch for what your saying fernando even if what you think (as i did) is a shop where they know what they are talking about, we are new to this game why wouldnt we believe them, my pet shop guy just said to go with what they were on before i got them which was 2 xl mice every week. needless to say im now left with a fat snake but was given great advise on here on how to get him down to normal weight hes much happier now aswell. Everything i get told now i double check or triple check online just to be sure :) |
| Kellog |
Posted - 27/02/2010 : 02:33:17
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Originally posted by Fernando Pierre
it was by the shop dude! they are both fully grown!
I would have thought that from everything you have read on here that you know that quite often pet shops advice is not to be trusted.
If they are fully grown then HannahB's advice is right. Again, I am sure you have seen the ROUGH feeding guide on here a number of times. This is the bit that should be applicable to your snakes -
Small Adult/Weaned mouse: 3 to 4 weeks old (13-18g) - feed every 7 days (Snake = 91-170g)
Large mouse: 4 to 6 weeks ((19 to 25g) – feed every 7 to x days (snake = 170g+)
X large mouse: 6 months + old (350 +) – feed every 10 to x days (Snake = 170+)
Again, as HannahB has said, 2 fully grown mice a week will put too much weight on him too quickly and you dont want an overweight snake. How much does he weigh?
xxx
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| Fernando Pierre |
Posted - 26/02/2010 : 20:29:45
it was by the shop dude! they are both fully grown!
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| HannahB |
Posted - 26/02/2010 : 20:25:33
im sure it was advised not to feed your first corn 2 mice a week as he may gain too much weight..
im sure both would be fine on 1 large mouse every 7-10 days or an extra large mouse every 10-14days |
| Fernando Pierre |
Posted - 26/02/2010 : 20:17:59
between 650-700g |
| Kellog |
Posted - 26/02/2010 : 20:13:36
You should know by now that to give you some guide of what she should be eating we really need to know her weight....there is no real way to tell from her length what she needs.
xxx |
| Fernando Pierre |
Posted - 26/02/2010 : 20:09:04
by the way they are corns |
