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gingerpony
Queen Bee
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 Posted - 02/06/2008 : 20:41:15
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I just weighed my 3 at the weekend, Petal is a tiny 7g, Birch is a slim 278g (still feeding her up after laying) and Spruce is a whopping 670g (he's a BIG lad!)
how often do other people weigh their snakes? I was going to make the effort to do them every month but is that too infrequent to pick up any problems? |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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Posted - 02/06/2008 : 21:06:50
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| Never! Am i 'sposed to? Lol...? |
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Kazerella
The Corn Snake Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 10:11:45
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I do mine every now and again.
It's not a must (unless you're thinking of breeding or have an ill snake who needs extra monitoring), but I like to do it because it's interesting to see how they are growing.
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 12:41:00
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| I've only weighed mine about twice since I've had them but I'm really trying to get organised with record keeping - feeding, shedding, weight - and was curious what everyone else did :-) |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 13:17:28
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| what did you use to weigh them? |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 13:30:50
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plastic tub and digital scales then knocked off the weight of the tub.
Was quite shocked at Petal weighing so little, she's obviously a late '07 and she's only been fed 1 pinkie once a week while she's been in the pet shop but enthusiastically took 2 from me last time I fed her |
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 15:44:40
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petal sounds tiny how often do you feed them |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 20:50:29
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Only just got Petal about 10 days ago (see the 'Name for my new Carolina' thread) she took 2 pinkies last Friday (I'd had her 6 days then) but she still has a slight bulge in her belly so i'm waiting for her to fully digest them before I feed her again, hopefully before this Friday as I'd like to feed her more often than weekly.
Birch is on 2 mice weekly as I'm feeding her up after breeding and Spruce has 2 mice every 7-10 days depending on how active he is cos he's a BIG lad! |
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 20:59:03
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| you might not need to weigh them evrey month 2 or 3 will be better if you feel a need to weigh them |
corns de best
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 21:49:32
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| I've never really bothered at all before as long as they seem ok in themselves. But when I took Spruce to the vets a few years ago I can remember being told off cos I didn't have a clue what he weighed, and was sternly told I should weigh them every *~~~gone in the mists of time~~~* often. Think I'll keep weighing tiny petal regularly to make sure she keeps putting it on. |
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