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piebobs71
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
45 Posts |
 Posted - 05/08/2014 : 09:15:47
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| the pet shop had Glover on rat pups,but i've read they can be fatty,whats the equivalent size mouse,after 2 and half days the bump had totally gone and he pooped today,if i've weighed him correctly he's 55 grams 11 months old,he looks healthy,and going by the diagrams i seen about the shape he should be ,he looks the right shape to,how often should i feed him? |
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Razee
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2525 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2014 : 10:43:36
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According to my " size guide table ", corn snake that weighs between 41 - 70 g ( yours ) would be eating roughly 10 - 12 g of food, which is the equivalent of 1 mouse hopper, or 2 mouse fuzzies, every 6 -7 days.
At 71 - 130 g, he'll need about 12 - 14 g, which is 1 small mouse a week.
130 - 200 g - 1 x medium mouse a week etc.
Best way is to see if the food still leaves a bump, when it's swallowed all the way down to the stomach. Once it doesn't leave a bump, he can go a size up. :-) |
0.1.0 late CB10 Carolina corn snake - Bazilishka
1.0.0 CB11 Abbots Okeetee- Little Twiddler
1.0.0 CB11 Hypo corn- Sebastianek
1.0.0. CB14 Butter Motley - Squidwood
0.0.2 CB18 normal/ Okeetee yearlings Bunny and Lalalishka
0.0.1 hognose
0.1.0 stable cat
0.1.0 house cat |
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Freddiesmum
Sub Adult
1083 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2014 : 12:27:40
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I go by bump size 
Emmy is 90g and still on 2 fuzzies, but she's quite long and still slim so a bit scared to try her on smalls just yet. 2 fuzzies still leave a fairly big bump on her! |
1.1.0 Corn Snakes, Oscar the Golddust Motley, Emmy the Ultramel Anery
2.0.0 Cats, Yoda and Ed
1.0.0 Leopard Gecko, Masuka
1.0.0 Western Hognose Snake - Hugo |
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piebobs71
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
45 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2014 : 16:49:13
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| ok cheers guys,i'll pop to local pet shop before weekend and buy some mice,should i just bin rat pups? got them for free anyway |
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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3315 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2014 : 17:24:13
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Personally I would use up the rat pups first. No sense in wasting them. How many do you have? I would just keep an eye on how chubby your snake is looking and if he is looking a bit podgy then space out the feeds using rat pups a bit further apart.
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2.4.0 Corn snakes
1.0.0 horse
0.1.0 Golden retriever
1.4.0 Guinea pigs |
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piebobs71
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
45 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2014 : 19:28:33
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| only have 3 left,he doesn't look podgy at all |
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Freddiesmum
Sub Adult
1083 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2014 : 19:56:22
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| I'd use the rats. As Moppet said, no point in wasting them |
1.1.0 Corn Snakes, Oscar the Golddust Motley, Emmy the Ultramel Anery
2.0.0 Cats, Yoda and Ed
1.0.0 Leopard Gecko, Masuka
1.0.0 Western Hognose Snake - Hugo |
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Donnie
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3215 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2014 : 22:19:35
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If you don't want your corn to have the rats then don't let them go to waste, make yourself some nice pastry, wrap them in it and put in the oven for about 30 mins at 180 deg C and hey presto rat rolls 
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1.1 Corns (Anery Stripe, Amel) 1.0 Rootbeer 0.2 Jungle Carpet Python 1.0 Zebra Jungle Carpet Python 1.0 50% Diamond Zebra Carpet Python |
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Razee
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2525 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2014 : 07:56:06
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| Might be a bit too crunchy, though ;-) |
0.1.0 late CB10 Carolina corn snake - Bazilishka
1.0.0 CB11 Abbots Okeetee- Little Twiddler
1.0.0 CB11 Hypo corn- Sebastianek
1.0.0. CB14 Butter Motley - Squidwood
0.0.2 CB18 normal/ Okeetee yearlings Bunny and Lalalishka
0.0.1 hognose
0.1.0 stable cat
0.1.0 house cat |
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piebobs71
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
45 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2014 : 22:08:28
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| lol,i weighed the rat pups and 2 weigh in at 13g ,when i fed him last week the rat was a little plump thing but these ones are skinny wee pups,should i try him on 2? or get something smaller and have a rat and a pinkie or just stick to 1 just now? |
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piebobs71
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
45 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2014 : 12:25:25
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| ok fed him least night ,didn't really seem hungry at first or it could have been to much going on as kids were still going about making a noise,so i left the rat in his tub and when i went back to check it was gone,so i got the other rat pup out the fridge and he nearly took my hand off like he'd never seen food before lol ,so he's now FAT ,so i think i'll need to up the food size |
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piebobs71
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
45 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2014 : 14:18:53
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fat and in blue |
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