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noola
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 24/03/2011 : 22:18:51
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| Hi all, my gorgeous baby butter sol is only about 25 gramms and roughly 6-7 months old. He is a brilliant feeder always scoffs his food and looks for more. At the min i feed him 2 small pinkies every 5 days but i was wondering if i could up the size of his prey now. He does have a noticible bump, well 2, after eating but he allways seems so hungry. What would u say should i keep to the 2 pinkys or try 1 fuzzy maybe |
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gmac
The Scottish Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24/03/2011 : 22:28:23
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| if there is a noticeable bump I would leave him what hes on, |
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mikeyd_26
Yearling
United Kingdom
716 Posts |
Posted - 24/03/2011 : 22:34:52
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as long as the food item is no bigger than around 50 percent of the widest part of your snakes body it should be fine - i have a 7 month old corn who quite happily munches a large fuzzy no probs! :)
EDIT - although they do grow at different rates so it can vary from snake to snake |
   
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Edited by - mikeyd_26 on 24/03/2011 22:37:23 |
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lotabob
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
4334 Posts |
Posted - 24/03/2011 : 23:20:50
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?? Just to clarify the food item should be no bigger than 1.5 times the thickest part of the snake (Thats 150% of the snakes thickest bit but sticking to decimals is far easier).
As said before if 2 pinkies are leaving a noticeable bulge then use up your pinkies, then consider switching to fuzzies, 2 pinkies are bigger in mass than 1 small fuzzy but I think fuzzies have more nutrients as Spot had a massive growth spurt just after switching. |
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mikeyd_26
Yearling
United Kingdom
716 Posts |
Posted - 24/03/2011 : 23:56:25
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thats wot i said!
EDit - errm no i didnt! sorry 150% is wot was meant ;) |
0.1.0 amel - TaLuLa
0.1.0 anery motley het amel, hypo - Bo
1.0.0 vanishing stripe unknown - Marley
1.0.0 hogg island boa - Iggy
0.1.0 hogg island boa - Luna
0.1.0 royal python - Buttons!
1.0.0 royal python 66% het albino - Steve
0.1.0 leopard gecko - Sheila
millions of beardies! |
Edited by - mikeyd_26 on 24/03/2011 23:57:43 |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 25/03/2011 : 07:03:17
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1.5 times the width of the snake's body at it's widest point is a guideline for maximum food size for corns
i would have thought a fuzzy would be an appropriate size |
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herriotfan
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Posted - 25/03/2011 : 09:18:20
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Snakes are opportunist feeders so appearing to still be hungry and looking for more is normal.
Once you get Sol onto fuzzies you might want to feed once a week instead of every 5 days.  |
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