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Originally Posted by Karl_Mcknight
an 8 gram snake should not be eating 2 pinkies. No way. That's way too much food. In fact and 8 gram snake might struggle with even 1 pinky.
Most of us feed according to the "Munson Feeding Plan" which you can find online or even at this forum. This plan is loosely based on feeding a food item that weighs about 13% of the snake's weight as a baby and gradually dropping back to about 8% of the snake's weight as an adult.
Therefore your snake, an 8 gram snake, should be eating about 1 gram at each feeding. Yes, we weigh both the snake and the food.
You stated the snake was 6 months old. I find this really strange as 8 grams is the typical weight of a new born hatchling. A 6 month old snake should weigh much more than 8 grams, I would think maybe about 20 to 40 grams.
Are you sure your scale is right and you're reading it correctly??????
If that is right, please don't over feed the snake. Most people don't feed 2 pinkies until the snake reaches about 20 grams in weight.
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Okay I’m glad she only took the one then! She seemed to do okay with the one.
I shall check the link you posted! Thank you
I’m beginning to think the place I got her had a bunch of things wrong then because although I’m not entirely sure my scale is spot on it’s a food scale I use daily and has been correct for that. My husband set it up to weigh her but I put her in and it did say 8 grams and .02 oz with my own eyes. She is rather short too, a foot or less so maybe she is quite young.
Alright I won’t! I don’t want to overfeed her and I know she won’t die if she’s a little underfed but I’d rather feed her spot on than less or more.
I appreciate you once again for leaving me information!