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24g '06, how does she compare?

Flagg,

I've been putting 6 cuts across the back of all of my pinkies since day 1 with her. I think that has really helped her come back from her regurge.

Regards,
Steve
 
I'm not sure of the hatch date of mine, because she too was a petco buy in late January, so I'd guess she was a late '06. As of yesterday, she was 29 grams. However, she is probably small for her age. I had her on campus for the semester, and there she was eating once a week. She also didn't eat some weeks when we didn't have class. Now that I have her at home, i'll probably go to an every 5-6 day schedule.
 
Why not slice them? Actually, you can just use a small fingernail scissors and snip them across the back. They don't bleed or ooze or anything. It's so much easier for the snake to digest.

Nanci
 
*blink*
Ewwww if they have problem digesting normal prey items then what's the point of feeding them things so large?
 
Hrm it was hard enough for me to come to the terms of being able to feed the snake, I dunno if I can cut them too :/
 
Nobody said they have "trouble" digesting normal prey items. It's just that slicing through the skin layer makes them digest more of the prey and faster. They have less waste products as the prey is more completely digested.

Snakes in the wild usually eat live prey. It's not handed to them, pre killed on a platter. They have to subdue the prey and in the process they usually bite them before or during constricting the prey. Some small snips on the back just reproduce what usually happens in nature and usually does not happen when feeding pre-killed prey.
 
Humm...Kiara is a late 06. I got her in feburary and she's only 20g. Do you think she can fit 3 pinks in her tummy? I think i need to feed her more grams of food... :shrugs:
 
I got Sundance and Butch straight from their breeder last September weighing 6 grams each, they are now 53 and 60 grams but my ghost mot Annie was 19 grams last August and is a whopping 115 grams now. I'm lucky that all 3 follow 'the Munson plan' with no problem, because in contrast Calamity Jane who weighed 9 grams the January before (so maybe a late 05) is a very picky eater and is still only 87 grams. She won't eat in blue, or straight after a shed, or if I look at her funny(!) so has gaps in her feeding schedule that have given the slower weight gain.
Some snakes just don't read the books, no matter what you do :shrugs:
 
Well I feel a little better now, I found out today that Nagini wasn't hatched out untill September so she is a little late in the game ;)
 
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