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dam
Egg
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 Posted - 26/05/2011 : 20:40:35
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hi
i know this may sound like a really stupid question but after looking on here at some lovely snakes at 9 months old weighing 90g+ it got me a little worried, my corn snake (unsexed but call her aura) is 9 months old and only weighs 14g and is 16 inchs long now i know that they can come in different sizes and wieghts but it got me a little concerned she is very thin and her feeding record shows 1 pinkie a week and she has refused food for the last 3 weeks.
any advice please should i worry or is this "normal" in some snakes |
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Invalid User
Account Deactivated
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26/05/2011 : 20:45:47
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I just got a corn of 11 months old and he was only 16g, he's now 22g. I have another corn of the same age who is 140g!!
As long as he is eating fine and gaining weight don't worry. Is she gaining and eating ok? |
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ptmbradley
Yearling
United Kingdom
676 Posts |
Posted - 26/05/2011 : 20:58:47
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I have 3 corns up to 9 months old. One is 15g and 16", one is 16g and 17" and the other is 32g and 21"...  |
Corns: 1.1 Anery, 1.1 Butter, 1.0 Carolina, 0.1 Hypo, 1.1 Snow, 1.0 Sunkissed
Boas: 0.1 Arabesque, 1.0 Brazilian Rainbow, 0.1 Crawl Cay, 1.1 Hogg Island X, 0.1 Hypo Hogg, 0.1 Kahl Albino (poss coral)
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Ailsa
Banned
United Kingdom
804 Posts |
Posted - 26/05/2011 : 21:00:48
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| My little corn was 52cm and 19g when i first weighed her not long after i got her on 9th april |
  
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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dam
Egg
66 Posts |
Posted - 26/05/2011 : 21:03:07
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| she hasnt eaten for the last three weeks |
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Spreebok
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1135 Posts |
Posted - 26/05/2011 : 21:50:49
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Hehe, I'm sorry if my chunky Lister got you worried :)
They all grow at different rates, so long as they eat, poop and shed, theres no need to worry! |
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tordyjo
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2036 Posts |
Posted - 26/05/2011 : 21:59:20
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| I bought my second corn last weekend who is only a month younger than my first, she's 3 x smaller than the first one too, i've come to realise that the pet shop(s) only feed a maintenance diet of 1 pinky to sustain life as most people want a tiny snake to start with. As soon as you increase the amount you feed he'll start to grow |
 Lilly Crystal Harry
1.2.0 corns, 1.1.0 cats tropical guppies who continually breed
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Mamma
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Invalid User
Account Deactivated
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26/05/2011 : 22:47:03
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quote:
Originally posted by tordyjo
I bought my second corn last weekend who is only a month younger than my first, she's 3 x smaller than the first one too, i've come to realise that the pet shop(s) only feed a maintenance diet of 1 pinky to sustain life as most people want a tiny snake to start with. As soon as you increase the amount you feed he'll start to grow
Not always the case. My 140g boy was from a petshop who fed him very well indeed lol  |
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ptmbradley
Yearling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27/05/2011 : 03:37:58
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| ...and where I get mine from feed HUGE portions to their snakes! |
Corns: 1.1 Anery, 1.1 Butter, 1.0 Carolina, 0.1 Hypo, 1.1 Snow, 1.0 Sunkissed
Boas: 0.1 Arabesque, 1.0 Brazilian Rainbow, 0.1 Crawl Cay, 1.1 Hogg Island X, 0.1 Hypo Hogg, 0.1 Kahl Albino (poss coral)
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ptmbradley
Yearling
United Kingdom
676 Posts |
Posted - 27/05/2011 : 03:42:53
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Originally posted by dam
she hasnt eaten for the last three weeks
As long as she seems healthy and maintaining her weight you don't need to be overly worried that she isn't eating at the moment. Obviously you'd like to see her eating normally, but they can go a long time without food.
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Corns: 1.1 Anery, 1.1 Butter, 1.0 Carolina, 0.1 Hypo, 1.1 Snow, 1.0 Sunkissed
Boas: 0.1 Arabesque, 1.0 Brazilian Rainbow, 0.1 Crawl Cay, 1.1 Hogg Island X, 0.1 Hypo Hogg, 0.1 Kahl Albino (poss coral)
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tordyjo
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27/05/2011 : 07:25:29
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| It must be the trend in the shops near where i live, i've been to 2 different reptile shops and feeding 1 pinky a week was normal diet for them both for hatchling size snakes, i've never bought a full grown so haven't seen their feeding records. |
LillyCrystalHarry
1.2.0 corns, 1.1.0 cats tropical guppies who continually breed
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