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Posted - 01/08/2008 :  11:45:32  Show Profile
I'm wondering how often I can expect a one year old corn to shed. Sophie last shed 2 weeks ago, and her eyes are turning blue again already. She's feeding regularly on 2 fuzzies per week, and I'm guessing she's growing fast at the moment. Her 'logbook' when I bought her showed sheds around a month apart over the last year.

Anyone else with yearlings, how often do yours shed?

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Posted - 01/08/2008 :  11:49:23  Show Profile  Click to see Blackecho's MSN Messenger address  Send Blackecho a Yahoo! Message
Wiggle is about every 5/6 weeks at the moment.



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Posted - 01/08/2008 :  12:17:26  Show Profile
babies usually shed every 5 or 6 weeks as they get older it slows down. Your corn at a year old may shed every 6 - 8 weeks on average until its next birthday. I would think at a year old your snake should at least be on small mice ? mine were on small mice at 6 months plus, but they are all different. Have you tried moving up to small mice ?
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Posted - 01/08/2008 :  12:39:57  Show Profile  Click to see Blackecho's MSN Messenger address  Send Blackecho a Yahoo! Message
Wiggle is just under a year and on small mice now.



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Posted - 01/08/2008 :  13:36:45  Show Profile
I'll try moving up a size when I finish up the batch of fuzzies in the freezer. Think I've got 6 left.
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Posted - 01/08/2008 :  17:24:59  Show Profile
Do you feed one or two fuzzies at each feeding ?

If only one fuzzy, try the next 3 feeds with two fuzzies just to get the snake used to an increase in meal size.
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Posted - 01/08/2008 :  17:31:17  Show Profile  Click to see Blackecho's MSN Messenger address  Send Blackecho a Yahoo! Message
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Originally posted by SeriousCallersOnly

She's feeding regularly on 2 fuzzies per week



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Posted - 01/08/2008 :  17:36:17  Show Profile
LOL
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Posted - 01/08/2008 :  22:50:42  Show Profile
Well, Sophie is a sneaky one. I put her mice in, covered her tank, and came back half an hour later to find a shed skin and both mice gone! I think she waits until no-one is looking.
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