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awlred
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 30/09/2011 : 07:47:23
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Alright Dudes,
I've read a few times about upping the feed on young corns to 2 pinkies per feed. I'm just curious about what point you would do this?
Essfer's last shed was 50cm long (far too mobile to measure his body) and grew from 45cm his previous shed a month prior. His girth has expanded a fair deal also, probably about 1.5-2mm in diameter in the same amount of time, maybe a wee bit less.
His last pinkie was devoured with gusto and down in a blink.
He's now approximately 4 months old.
Am I jumping the gun a bit? I really don't want to over or under feed my little snakey as I've grown quite attached and want him to be happy.
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 0.0.1 Amel Corn Snake - Essfer
0.1.0 Wife Jules/Squeefluff
0.0.100s Coffee Things ;)Milton Keynes, Bucks |
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garrie
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1148 Posts |
Posted - 30/09/2011 : 08:50:30
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Hey, the best thing would be to do the "is the bump still visible" test...if it is hardly noticable then i would feed two for a couple of weeks (perhaps until your stock runs out?) and then move up a size. Essfer should be just fine  |
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Garrie - Halesworth, Suffolk. 1.0 AURYN (fire morph corn) 0.1 Puzzle (Cat) |
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Mamma
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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wood11
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
29 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2011 : 08:40:35
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This forum is fantastic! Exactly what I was wanting an answer to.
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awlred
Hatchling
United Kingdom
118 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2011 : 08:47:17
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Hmm, I think I'll wait a wee bit. There was still a discernible lump after his last feed, though it may have been because I was following it down.
Thanks for the advice peoples :)
Also, does anyone have a picture of a pinkie next to a fuzzie, just so I know what sort of size fuzzies are? Thanks |
0.0.1 Amel Corn Snake - Essfer
0.1.0 Wife Jules/Squeefluff
0.0.100s Coffee Things ;)Milton Keynes, Bucks |
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Simmy_82
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1272 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2011 : 10:41:02
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| I just post a pic in a thread i started asking about this very same thing lol |
 
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Okeetee Mick
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/10/2011 : 07:45:57
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| When mine stop gaining weight I increased to two pinkies, I use scales that weigh by the gram so I always know their weight exactly. There should be a steady increase certainly on a monthly basis. |
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When to up the feed?
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