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Kat
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 04/05/2011 : 17:28:36
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Omari just had his first double pinkie feed yesterday. Second one went down in 28 seconds!!! He's in full blue so blind as a bat so I didn't think he'd want to feed at all but just guzzled his food down. Such a relief every time he eats after little sickly snake.
Really strong strike as well, nearly dropped the pinkie cause I jumped so much - glad I was using tweezers!
Shame I didn't get photos, he's the most amazing shade of purple right now. |
0.0.1 Amel (Omari)
1.1 Leopard Geckos (Tychondrious and Cleopatra)
0.2 Chocolate Labs (Millie and Lucy) 0.1 Weimaraner (Suzi)
1.0 Cat (Thomas)
2.1 Children plus 1.0 squatting nephew
no more Bovines 
and 1.0 husband! |
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Ailsa
Banned
United Kingdom
804 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2011 : 20:45:12
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| I know how you feel, my hatchling just had her first double pinkie feed this morning |
  
Dakota ~ Bloodred Corn ~ Amber & Chloe ~ Cats
Mind is changing on snakes I want now lol so am researching these to find out what would be best - Milk Snakes and Dwarf Boa possibly - Crawl Cay, Sonoran, Tarahumara or Vera Cruz and poss a Hoggie, African House and Rat snake. Also Trinket Snakes. |
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Mamma
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/05/2011 : 20:55:59
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Originally posted by Mamma
congrats Kat  Ailsa! where were the feeding piccies!!!
I just asked this on the other thread hahaha
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kopite_di
Hatchling
United Kingdom
124 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2011 : 18:15:05
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| right guys this is probably going to sound really dumb, but how do you know when they are ready for double pinkies and how do i know if she is hungry, she is being fed 1 pinkie on sundays at the moment, she is 4 months old and weighs 6 oz's :) |
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Kat
Hatchling
United Kingdom
119 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2011 : 23:13:55
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| in my case it was because a pinkie was literally taking seconds to vanish. When I got my first snake the shop said anything guzzled in less than 3 mins would be OK to double / go up a size depending on the width of food to snake. Since Omari had a pinkie down to under a minute last week I thought I'd try doubling up this week and the second one was literally gone from strike to tail in 28 seconds! Going to use up the last of the pinkies on doubles then bounce up to fluffs. Mind you there's a really nice little Carolina in the shop up the town (appalling conditions but that's another story, just ignorance rather than intentional - better have changed tomorrow!!) so I could get that and feed it the rest of the pinkies ... |
0.0.1 Amel (Omari)
1.1 Leopard Geckos (Tychondrious and Cleopatra)
0.2 Chocolate Labs (Millie and Lucy) 0.1 Weimaraner (Suzi)
1.0 Cat (Thomas)
2.1 Children plus 1.0 squatting nephew
no more Bovines
and 1.0 husband! |
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kopite_di
Hatchling
United Kingdom
124 Posts |
Posted - 06/05/2011 : 08:44:43
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| Ahh right ok thank you how old is Omari, so I get a rough idea of time scale :) |
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/05/2011 : 10:00:46
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Originally posted by kopite_di
Ahh right ok thank you how old is Omari, so I get a rough idea of time scale :)
Age isn't important, go by the size of the snake. If one pinky isn't leaving much of a bump once eaten then time to move up to 2 pinkies or a small fuzzy.
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Ailsa
Banned
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/05/2011 : 10:09:13
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| Kopite Di, i just moved my hatchling up to 2 pinkies on wed because just 1 was not leaving much of a bump and she ate them in seconds, I'll feed her 2 pinkies for next few weeks then move to small fuzzys. |
Dakota ~ Bloodred Corn ~ Amber & Chloe ~ Cats
Mind is changing on snakes I want now lol so am researching these to find out what would be best - Milk Snakes and Dwarf Boa possibly - Crawl Cay, Sonoran, Tarahumara or Vera Cruz and poss a Hoggie, African House and Rat snake. Also Trinket Snakes. |
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kopite_di
Hatchling
United Kingdom
124 Posts |
Posted - 06/05/2011 : 13:15:44
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| thanks, i'm so new to this how do i know if it's a big enough bump ? lol |
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Happy munching hatchling
