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Criminal Nails
Hatchling
Spain
275 Posts |
 Posted - 11/11/2012 : 19:07:59
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Hey there!
I bought Discordia a month and a half ago at 11 months of age, and followed the seller's advice to feed her with a pinky every week. I was a little suspicious at first, because when Discordia had swallowed the prey you could hardly tell where it was. So in order to check if she'd want another one I offered her a second pinky. She refused. Now I guess I just was too fast on giving her a second prey.
Then I started looking around here, and it turns out 55cm for an 11months old corn isn't the average. I know all snakes grow at different rates, so that's why I checked my opinion with a snake seller. He confirmed Discordia should be on fluffs now, or at least at two pinkies... every 5 days.
I've been starving my corn, yay! That makes me feel awful bad.
Anyhow, I fed her two pinkies yesterday. She refused the second one again, but ate it eventually when I left her alone. And I decided to also compliment that with some calcium powder.
What's your experience with calcium powder so far? Yay or nay? |
Criminal Nails .-
0.0.1 Ghost Corn (Discordia)
0.1.0 Vietnamese Blue Beauty (Furia) |
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Welshlamb
Yearling
United Kingdom
711 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2012 : 19:10:43
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Originally posted by Criminal Nails
Hey there!
I bought Discordia a month and a half ago at 11 months of age, and followed the seller's advice to feed her with a pinky every week. I was a little suspicious at first, because when Discordia had swallowed the prey you could hardly tell where it was. So in order to check if she'd want another one I offered her a second pinky. She refused. Now I guess I just was too fast on giving her a second prey.
Then I started looking around here, and it turns out 55cm for an 11months old corn isn't the average. I know all snakes grow at different rates, so that's why I checked my opinion with a snake seller. He confirmed Discordia should be on fluffs now, or at least at two pinkies... every 5 days.
I've been starving my corn, yay! That makes me feel awful bad.
Anyhow, I fed her two pinkies yesterday. She refused the second one again, but ate it eventually when I left her alone. And I decided to also compliment that with some calcium powder.
What's your experience with calcium powder so far? Yay or nay?
Wow! Interesting enough I just started a thread as mine is only just 3 months old and has taken a fluff and pinky.
http://www.thecornsnake.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=26967
So I was just as confused as you in regards to what sizes ect. George seems to just eat and hardly any lumps are around. Starting to wonder whether I have got the age wrong. |
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gmac
The Scottish Admin
United Kingdom
5319 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2012 : 19:10:50
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never used it, they get enough calcium from the prey. But wont do any harm in using it.
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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3315 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2012 : 19:33:56
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| Corn snakes do grow at quite different rates anyway, so don't feel too bad. A lot of people who buy snakes are given terrible advice from petshops or sellers. Some people choose to feed their snakes once a week and some people choose to feed them once every 5 days. Snakes wouldn't eat so regularly in the wild, it would be much more random. |
2.4.0 Corn snakes
1.0.0 horse
0.1.0 Golden retriever
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herriotfan
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5853 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2012 : 19:37:30
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If you've been feeding her every 5days and she eats as much as she wanted you haven't been starving her so don't feel bad.
Just continue to offer her double pinkies for a few feeds and if she keeps them down then you can go up a size.
I've never used any powder suppliments for my snakes. Like Gmac I consider them to get all the nutrients they need from their mice.
Hope you'll stop feeling bad now... |
Husband....Very Understanding!!! (Phil)
Son & Daughter (Kevin & Carol)
Granddaughter (Eva)
3.4.0 Cornsnakes Amel (Sidney) Caramel Stripe (Sultan) Amber (Cleo) Carolina (Phoebe) Anery Motley Stripe (Penny) Snow (Lily) Caramel (Holmes)
1.2.0 Royal Pythons(Peeps, Pandora & Pepsi)
1.0.0 Hognose (Hudson)
2.1.0 Dogs (Dillon, Alfie, Ellie)
0.1.0 Senegal Parrot (Peanut)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons (Bonnie & Clyde)
1.0.0 Crested Geckos (Echo)
0.2.1 Hermanns Tortoises (Ebbie, Rosie & Twiglet)
0.1.0 Guinea Pig (Dolly-Pipsqueak)
0.1.9 Tarantulas (Poppy, Gypsy, Bumble, Insey Winsey, Sonic, Cookie, Raven, Fudge, Titch & Sox)
??? Foster animals
Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
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Criminal Nails
Hatchling
Spain
275 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2012 : 20:37:00
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Thanks ^^ I guess it really depends on the snake, but I do feel a little betrayed by that seller. The size of the prey to feed is the only advice I couldn't find in the books I bought, obviously because it's a case by case thing, so I relied on him. Anyhow, I am glad the problem has been pointed out, the sooner the better so I'll be able to solve it :) Let's gradually move on to fluffs!
And yeah, I guess anyhow she's been better fed than in the wild, that comforts me a little! |
Criminal Nails .-
0.0.1 Ghost Corn (Discordia)
0.1.0 Vietnamese Blue Beauty (Furia) |
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Isoldael
Yearling
Netherlands
999 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2012 : 23:12:35
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| As long as she's not tent-shaped you shouldn't worried about having starved her :) Not all snakes eat as much as others. |
1.0 anery stripe (Nash)
1.0 hypo pewter (Loki)
1.0 bloodred het amel, charcoal, hypo, stripe 50% phet anery, lavender (Kasumi)
0.1 grey background normal het amel (Saphira)
0.1 tessera het amel, anery, stripe (Lilith)
0.1 amel (Aurora)
0.1 hypo bloodred het anery, charcoal, stripe 50% phet amel, lavender (Mara)
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Thorne Walker
Yearling
Canada
642 Posts |
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Criminal Nails
Hatchling
Spain
275 Posts |
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Nasicus
Egg
United Kingdom
74 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2012 : 10:12:23
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I wouldn't fret, I have a 15 month old that is barely touching 30g. He's not unhealthy, eats like a pig, but he is just tiny! He eats two fluffs, and there is not a hope in hell of him eating a small, he looks like a stuffed sausage after I feed him lol!
I have a corn exactly the same age as him, who is exactly 100g bigger! |
Corns:
0.1.0 Snow - Lister
0.1.0 Amel - Psiren
0.1.0 Fire - Cat
1.0.0 Normal - Rimmer
1.0.0 Kinked Butter - Kryten
Hognoses:
1.0.0 Greenphase - Scout
1.0.0 Greenphase - Pyro
0.1.0 Normal - Rocket
Beardie:
1.0.0 Alduin |
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Dancross0
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1315 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2012 : 17:35:11
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Aguna CB11 Anery - Typhon CB12 Amber - Plissken CB08 Carolina - Iara CB11 Caramel
Indra CB12 Lavender (?) - Evren CB12 Carolina (?) - Ophis CB11 Hypo Lavender - Sirae CB11 Ghost Motley
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Thorne Walker
Yearling
Canada
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