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gazzabhoy
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 12/03/2011 : 10:20:45
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| Hi, I'm gazzabhoy. Pleased to meet you all. I have an issue with my cornsnake. He is just shy of 4 feet long & until last week, guided by he pet shop, I was feeding him a large mouse. He polished it off rapidly, then after a couple of hours of resting he was about his cage again. This kind of worried me a little. Let me be the 1st to tell you I know very little about snakes. I got my boy because i was fortunate enough to visit a couple who owned him & they were about to take him up the countryside & let him go. I took him & found out they were only feeding him fortnightly & a mouse a third of the size he needed. That was 7 months ago & since being with me he has thrived & my 2 year old loves him. Last week i mentioned how active he was so quickly after feeding. It was recommended i give him another, smaller snake as well & see how he got on with that. I did this & he ate them both rapidly & aftewards he was a lot quieter than usual. This seems to have lasted the full week & apart from coming out for a drink he stays in his little house. I went to feed him yesterday, but he has refused to eat. He seems very lethargic & i am worried there may be something wrong with him, or whether he just ate too much last week? He took the larger mouse in hs mouth but then let it go again & headed home. Any advice anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you & thanks for taking the time to read this. |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2011 : 12:59:55
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heya and welcome 
for an adult male i'd recommend a large or XL mouse every 2 weeks, it's really easy to overfeed corns as they're often dustbins! i wouldn't be overly concerned
do you know how much he weighs? about 750g is a ball park figure for an adult male but they do vary lots, be guided more by their body condition |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
Location:Leeds/York/Selby area |
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gazzabhoy
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
6 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2011 : 13:44:38
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| Hi gingerbody & thanks for getting back to me. Thinking now that maybe he's just getting fed too much. As I said, i've been giving him a large mouse & an additional smaller one since last week. He's been lethargic ever since so probably just had too much. That's taken a weight off my mind as his skin condition is lovely. He was such a scrawny little thing but he's looking great now & his skin has a lovely sheen to him. I'll leave the feeding this week & go back to the big mouse every fortnight. You're a gentleman sir, or madame & I appreciate your help. |
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Mort13
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5599 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2011 : 20:35:00
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Hi and welcome. Good on you for taking the snake,can't believe he was going to be dumped!! 
I'm sure he'll be back to his usual lively self soon.
Pop some pictures up of him if you can,we like piccies on here. |
      
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1.0.0 MBK, 0.1.0 Childrens Python, 1.0.0 Nicaraguan Dwarf Boas
0.0.1 Occelated Skink, 1.0.0 Leopard Gecko, 1.0.3 Tarantulas, 0.0.2 Damon diadema
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ozziesmum
Yearling
United Kingdom
736 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2011 : 20:46:06
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| Hi and welcome :) |
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Oscar Black Lab, Saffron, Merlin and Mischief the cats, assorted fish, Rhubarb & Custard the corns, Tuppence the Tortoise, Tripod the Leopard Gecko.
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thistle
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1757 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2011 : 22:45:21
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| Hi, welcome to the forum. |
2.0.0 Dogs (westie Angus, shih tzu Archie)
0.5.0 African Pygmy Hedgehogs (Harriet, Amelia, Matilda, Jemima, Maisie) RIP Hector
0.4.0 Guinea Pigs (Isobel, Effy, Mrs Mack & Sheila)
1.0.0 Lutino C0ckatiel (Sammy)
3.0.0 Corn Snakes - CB10 Amel (Barnaby), CB11 Anery Lavender (Bailey), CB10 Caramel Motley (Bradley)
0.1.0 CB11 Western Hognose Snake (Maggie) |
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gazzabhoy
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
6 Posts |
Posted - 13/03/2011 : 09:50:51
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| Hi Mort 13 good to hear from you. Yeah some people eh?. They're supposed to be this animal loving family but he went out to feed his ferrets one day & they were both dead. No one had taken responsibility of feeding them & they'd starved to death. Just given my good camera to a friend who's away on holiday but still got a 5 megapixel job on my phone so will upload a few pics of him ok, once i figure out how to do it. Cyber space & me aint the greatest of bed buddies. In fact, I confess, we sleep in different rooms now lol but will do my best. Tried to put the mouse back in today as he's out his wee house for the 1st time in days but he's not interested. Like the previous chap said, I may well just have been overfeeding him. I'll wait til next friday before I allow the panic to set in & have him down the vet ;) |
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sparkaly
Hatchling
212 Posts |
Posted - 13/03/2011 : 17:48:43
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RachAdeth
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
1 Posts |
Posted - 13/03/2011 : 20:12:19
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| Hey saw the topic and im concernd about one of my snakes....when i got my snakes i was told to feed them once a week...which i have done for almost two years but now one of them hasnt eaten the past two feeds but the other snake is still eating though :/ Please can anyone tell me why please. x |
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herriotfan
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5853 Posts |
Posted - 13/03/2011 : 21:48:11
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Hi
Welcome to the forum.
Can you tell us the temperatures in his viv, cool and warm side?
Has he pooed?
I'm sure we can help you sort this out.
He's a very lucky snake to have been rescued by you! |
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Son & Daughter (Kevin & Carol)
Granddaughter (Eva)
3.4.0 Cornsnakes Amel (Sidney) Caramel Stripe (Sultan) Amber (Cleo) Carolina (Phoebe) Anery Motley Stripe (Penny) Snow (Lily) Caramel (Holmes)
1.2.0 Royal Pythons(Peeps, Pandora & Pepsi)
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 13/03/2011 : 22:33:05
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Originally posted by gazzabhoy
Hi gingerbody...You're a gentleman sir, or madame & I appreciate your help.
lol, never been called gingerbody before lol 
but i'm not ginger and i'm not a pony either (but do own a fantastic ginger pony  )
and i'm a madam and you're welcome, it's what this forum's for  |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 13/03/2011 : 22:35:37
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Originally posted by RachAdeth
Hey saw the topic and im concernd about one of my snakes....when i got my snakes i was told to feed them once a week...which i have done for almost two years but now one of them hasnt eaten the past two feeds but the other snake is still eating though :/ Please can anyone tell me why please. x
2 weeks is absolutely nothing to be concerned about, i'm guessing that by now your corns are sexually mature and it's the breeding season...........
but also check your husbandry - set up, temps, temp regulation - as this can also have an impact on feeding |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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gazzabhoy
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
6 Posts |
Posted - 15/03/2011 : 13:07:19
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| Ginger PONY I apologise profusely for the faus pas with your name, no excuses, just me being me im afraid. You have been very helpful & you made me laugh, so thats a good thng ;) Hope i speak again with you real soo MISS ;) x |
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gazzabhoy
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
6 Posts |
Posted - 15/03/2011 : 13:22:46
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| can anyoe tell me how to upload pics? It says you can copy & paste, but paste to where? It won't give me the option in new message mode. Thanx. Can i do it thru picasa? |
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gazzabhoy
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
6 Posts |
Posted - 17/03/2011 : 19:28:45
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| just to tell everyone my boy ate again today. He ate a small chook though not sure if thats enough for a week, or a fortnight or whatever. Any advice would, again, be greatly appreciated. In answer to a previous comment yes he has pooed. The temprature in his tank is in the mid to high 80s. Hope thats warm/cool enough for him but not entirely sure. Just to say his tank is on 3 levels, is 3 feet long 2 feet wide & about 2 and a half feet high. It is split in 3 levels & whilst i read somewhere cornsnakes are not big on climbing he seems happy enough, hiding in all his wee hidey holes. Would someone tell me if this size of tank is suitable for him? He is almost 4 feet long. He definitely seems happy enough but may well be very miserable as snake body language is not one of my top skills |
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