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Jackk94
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 16/06/2011 : 14:02:01
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Brookestar
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2361 Posts |
Posted - 16/06/2011 : 14:09:52
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| they will regurge :D |
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Mamma
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
8173 Posts |
Posted - 16/06/2011 : 15:16:42
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Most of the time they will if it is WAY to big and they are able to.
The main reason for not feeding items that are to big is that you don't want to risk it starting to decompose in the gut before it gets digested, that will cause all manner of problems.
I have known corns that have food items that are to big take ages to digest and then poo out half digested food. It often results in refusal of eating for a short while afterwards. |
-=Kehhlyr - The Resident Loon
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 16/06/2011 : 15:47:34
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i agree with K ^^
if it's big but the snake does manage to eat it it's a race between decomposition and digestion, but IMO what we think is too big a mouse often isn't |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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Jackk94
Hatchling
United Kingdom
104 Posts |
Posted - 16/06/2011 : 18:01:05
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| well i'm only feeding her on pinkies. the woman from the pet shop who sold me her said to cut the pinky in half and give it her in 2 pieces but she managed a whole pinky today. |
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lotabob
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
4334 Posts |
Posted - 16/06/2011 : 18:14:30
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| Oh yeah I remember this, 1 pinkie will be absolutely fine. Newly hatched corn snakes eat pinkies with no issues. |
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HannahB
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
5491 Posts |
Posted - 16/06/2011 : 20:17:48
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oh that will be fine for her  she probably could have managed a whole pinkie from the start tbh but hey ho cant change the past and all that
she'll be fine - as long as the food is no bigger than 1.5x the width of their body at the widest point |
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
6129 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2011 : 11:27:06
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| They also can get fat. |
  
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
8173 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2011 : 14:32:31
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| And what stapey remembered ^^^^ that we didn't. |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 18/06/2011 : 21:16:59
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depends on the frequency of the feeding too though 
an over-sized prey item fed monthly will have fewer nutrients/calories in total than a slightly smaller item fed weekly
eg. 1 x 45g mouse/month = 45g food intake
or 4 x 35g mice/month (fed weekly)= 140g food intake |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
Location:Leeds/York/Selby area |
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kopite_di
Hatchling
United Kingdom
124 Posts |
Posted - 20/06/2011 : 09:51:40
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| How do we know when to upgrade to fuzzy's ? sorry if slightly different ;) |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 20/06/2011 : 14:20:01
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| when a fuzzy is only 1.5 times the width of the snake at its widest point |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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ogri
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
44 Posts |
Posted - 21/06/2011 : 20:48:36
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quote:
Originally posted by kopite_di
How do we know when to upgrade to fuzzy's ? sorry if slightly different ;)
When snakey goes "please sir, can I have some more". |
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what happens if you feed a corn food thats too big
