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 Posted - 17/10/2008 : 21:04:06
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| how do i tell when my little girl has eaten enough? will she leave what she doesn't want or can they be overfed? |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17/10/2008 : 22:43:21
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they'll generally refuse 2nd or 3rd helpings when they're full, if they've had a particularly big meal increase the number of days between feeds.
it IS possible to overfeed them, i used to have a fat sqidgy amel, when i bought him i put him on a diet (smaller mice) and with regular handling I started to get him a little more toned up, lol. |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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Posted - 18/10/2008 : 10:37:10
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| i have an amel that will eat and eat if i let him he is on a diet at the mo he would take 4 or 5 large mice a week if i let him lol |
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Kazerella
The Corn Snake Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/10/2008 : 15:37:52
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It's really easy to overfeed a corn. Most will just eat and eat.
Cyd once got a double chin because she was eating too much. Had to put her on a diet for being a little fatty  |
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saddleninja
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/10/2008 : 08:40:13
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| i only feed once a week, otherwise they will just keep eating |
1 amel
1 okeette
2 normals
1 rosy rat x
3 royals
1 cali king
1 publean milk
1 yemen chameleon
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/10/2008 : 14:17:45
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mine seem limit themselves to 2 or 3 each feed, it's hard to get them to take any more. but i'm not a 'feed every XXXday' type owner I vary the number of days between feedings (sometimes not deliberately, I just forget to look on my calendar that day, lol)
i think corns get too fat when they're fed a lot AND fed frequently. |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/10/2008 : 19:12:16
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| I think they will eat what they can when they can. If they are offered a meal chances are they will scoff it. I dont always feed a certain number of days either. If im busy i feed them a day or two later and if i come home and fancy feeding and its a day before feeding day i feed them then. |
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