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Cut mice for hatchling

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Hello, I read in the SACJ that Connie and Serp were cutting the mice for hatchling. I would like to know if you still do it. Do you stop when the snakes are older? If so, when?

Thanks.
 
I started doing it when the newsletter came out, sort of my own experiment and I got great results from it. Once I moved the hatchlings from pinkies to fuzzies, I stopped cutting them. Fuzzies are a little more nutritious that pinkies, and once they're up to that size, I think it would just be more of a hassle.
 
I'm still doing it with all of mine, even the large fuzzies my yearling is on. There is actually a pretty noticeable change in growth in the yearling jungle since I got her in mid Jan, and I'm getting smaller lumps of poo that look much more digested than before cutting when it almost looked like a hollowed out mouse.
 
I agree about the smaller more digested poo. The first time I tried cutting the mice with Sienna I was amazed at the difference. I'm still doing it for all the snakes we currently own, from the smallest pinks to the largest fuzzy, all of them get "snipped." :)
 
I put cuts in all frozen-thawed food items. It can't hurt, and really seems to help. I am especially impressed with how well my breeder females bounce back after egg laying with their nipped meals.
 
Since I'm not yet getting the newsletter...it may be innapropriate to ask, but now I'm intrigued. Would someone are to explain the snipping?? In the meantime, I will subscribe so that I don't miss out again :sidestep:
 
Thanks a ton Hurley,
that was most interresting. Chester hasn't yet had a problem with feeding, but he poops 2 or 3 times after. I wonder if the snipping would help that :rolleyes: I may give it a try.
 
I still clip all of the snakes mice, except C.S.'s He's big enough by golly, although right now, he's in breeder mode,and not interested in food at all. When he gets back to eating, I'm going to feed him a small mouse with cuts until he's back to his normal pattern.
 
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