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Kopite_Di1965
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
15 Posts |
 Posted - 31/03/2012 : 17:56:51
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Hi all I have been a member before but forgot my log in :/ I have Cilla who is just over 15 months now she weighs roughy 175g and is 48" long, just recently she has been looking for food halfway thoruh the week (I usually feed her saturdays), she has 2 fluffs but I was wondering if I should give her 3 or a bigger mouse ?? I would appreciate your help
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Okeetee Mick
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2308 Posts |
Posted - 31/03/2012 : 18:05:00
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| Should be on a medium mouse 20gms approx at that weight. |
0.1.0 Okeetee (Sookie) 0.1.0 Powder (Luna) 0.1.0 Bloodred (Arlene) 0.1.0 Caramel Stripe (Tara)
0.1.0 Ghost (Crystal) 0.1.0 Caramel (Jessica) 0.1.0 Lavender Stripe (Portia) 1.0.0 Platinum (Godric)
0.1.0 Thayers King (Lettie Mae) 0.1.0 Albino Blairs King (Lorena) 0.1.0 Russian Ratsnakes (Pam)
0.1.0 Korean Ratsnake (Katerina) 1.0.0 Russian Ratsnake (Lafayette)
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Kopite_Di1965
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
15 Posts |
Posted - 31/03/2012 : 18:10:56
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| thanks oh dear :( her head is still very small though about the size of my wedding ring finger ? would that be because she is on the wrong size , im frightened I will choke her :/ |
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Okeetee Mick
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2308 Posts |
Posted - 31/03/2012 : 18:20:57
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| The guide is one and a half times the widest part of the snakes body, would be surprised if a 20gm mouse would be a problem. |
0.1.0 Okeetee (Sookie) 0.1.0 Powder (Luna) 0.1.0 Bloodred (Arlene) 0.1.0 Caramel Stripe (Tara)
0.1.0 Ghost (Crystal) 0.1.0 Caramel (Jessica) 0.1.0 Lavender Stripe (Portia) 1.0.0 Platinum (Godric)
0.1.0 Thayers King (Lettie Mae) 0.1.0 Albino Blairs King (Lorena) 0.1.0 Russian Ratsnakes (Pam)
0.1.0 Korean Ratsnake (Katerina) 1.0.0 Russian Ratsnake (Lafayette)
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Kopite_Di1965
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
15 Posts |
Posted - 31/03/2012 : 18:29:58
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| thank you ,I feel guilty now although she has been shedding so I thought she was ok :( |
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Kopite_Di1965
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
15 Posts |
Posted - 31/03/2012 : 18:30:42
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| sorry should it be just 1 for now ? |
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Okeetee Mick
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2308 Posts |
Posted - 31/03/2012 : 18:37:36
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| One every seven days should be fine. |
0.1.0 Okeetee (Sookie) 0.1.0 Powder (Luna) 0.1.0 Bloodred (Arlene) 0.1.0 Caramel Stripe (Tara)
0.1.0 Ghost (Crystal) 0.1.0 Caramel (Jessica) 0.1.0 Lavender Stripe (Portia) 1.0.0 Platinum (Godric)
0.1.0 Thayers King (Lettie Mae) 0.1.0 Albino Blairs King (Lorena) 0.1.0 Russian Ratsnakes (Pam)
0.1.0 Korean Ratsnake (Katerina) 1.0.0 Russian Ratsnake (Lafayette)
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Kopite_Di1965
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
15 Posts |
Posted - 31/03/2012 : 19:15:12
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| thanks for your help :) |
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tordyjo
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2036 Posts |
Posted - 31/03/2012 : 19:35:52
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| I would try her with a small mouse first, make sure she's ok with the extra to digest before moving up to a medium, harry weighs roughly 160g and he's on a small weekly but once my stock pile runs out i'm going to move him up to mediums, lilly my female was on smalls weekly from about 87g to 144g, where i moved her to mediums, which she's now been on for 10 feeds and she now weighs approx 209g, she gets a medium every 7-10 days, but she is a greedy guts and eats anything put in front of her!! |
 Lilly Crystal Harry
1.2.0 corns, 1.1.0 cats tropical guppies who continually breed
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teabicky
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
23 Posts |
Posted - 31/03/2012 : 22:24:41
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You would be surprised what they can get down the hatch. We have always go by the 1 & 1/2 times he widest part of the body rule. After a few weeks he stays active, even after he has fed so I up to two of what ever he is on. When that seems too little for him I up the size of his food.
Don't worry about choking, if the food is too big they tend to spit it back out anyway. |
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Kopite_Di1965
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
15 Posts |
Posted - 24/04/2012 : 14:30:24
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| sorry been awhile , I have upped her food size to a small mouse but I was really worried , she took over 10 mins to eat it and looked like she had got it stuck at 1 point but managed in the end , I was also shocked at how I reacted to seeing a dead mouse that size, looked like the size of my daughters gerbils :( |
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Georgina
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2382 Posts |
Posted - 24/04/2012 : 18:08:55
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| they get bigger!!!! |
1.0 western hognose (hero)
1.0 phantom reverse pin dal brindle crested gecko (goyle)
0.2 red dal red harly (sprite) 99% full pin Harley crested gecko (TuLong)
0.0.3 miomantis paykullii
0.0.3 Bombina orientalis (oriental fire bellied toad)
0.3 fancy mice (snap, crackle and pop)
1.0 yorkshire terrier (jasper)
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343guiltyspark
Hatchling
United Kingdom
451 Posts |
Posted - 24/04/2012 : 18:18:06
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Originally posted by Kopite_Di1965
sorry been awhile , I have upped her food size to a small mouse but I was really worried , she took over 10 mins to eat it and looked like she had got it stuck at 1 point but managed in the end , I was also shocked at how I reacted to seeing a dead mouse that size, looked like the size of my daughters gerbils :(
My snake takes about 30 minutes to eat |
         
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Kopite_Di1965
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
15 Posts |
Posted - 25/04/2012 : 09:41:25
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| Oh wow 30 mins seems like Cilla is a bit of a hog ;) |
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when to up her food
