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Monsun Feeding Chart

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I put my little Sasha (15.3g) on the Monsun Feeding Chart and at the rate she has been holding on to her weight she should reach the next category within a week and a half or so. My question is, when it says 2 feeders at 3-4g does that mean each pinkie has to be 3-4g EACH or feed her 2 pinkies that will add up to 3-4g TOTAL? I am asking this because as I have gone through my pinkies I find it harder and harder to find anything over 2.3g. I want to know if I can feed her 2 small ones with a total weight within the range of 3-4g or if I should start looking to buy bigger pinkies.

I understand not to follow this religiously, and I am using it more so as a guideline. Thank you :D!
 

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When I get to that size, I give two pinkies that weigh 3 to 4 grams each. A total of 7 to 8 grams in that feeding.
 
7-8 gr would be around fuzzy size, which I think is quite a lot for a 15g baby, it will probably look stuffed (but also they vary a lot).
At that weight I fed 2 usual pinkies (about 2-3gr each), like the ones you have probably been feeding, which means 3-4g is the total weight.
You can also try peach fuzzies if they are small enough to fit that weight.
 
It should be total weight.
When I bump my babies up to 2 pinkies, I use small or day old, depending on what I have available.
 
mishima25 said:
7-8 gr would be around fuzzy size, which I think is quite a lot for a 15g baby, it will probably look stuffed (but also they vary a lot).
At that weight I fed 2 usual pinkies (about 2-3gr each), like the ones you have probably been feeding, which means 3-4g is the total weight.
You can also try peach fuzzies if they are small enough to fit that weight.
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Not 15gms. That size is more like 16 to 20 gms. Start the weight at the lower end. You look at your food source and at your snake.
 
That's what I meant. 2 pinkies of 4 gr each (totalling 7-8gr) would probably be too much for that baby. Thus, feed smaller pinkies until the snake is a bit bigger.
 
mishima25 said:
That's what I meant. 2 pinkies of 4 gr each (totalling 7-8gr) would probably be too much for that baby. Thus, feed smaller pinkies until the snake is a bit bigger.
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Yes exactly. I was stumped over this at first too. Feeding in general was a little more difficult, I had never had a snake and the mice didn't look right in size.
The Munson plan really made it much easier. If I felt a mouse was too large for my snake, I dropped down the size until I felt comfortable with it. Now I pretty much follow the plan. My one exception is a poor feeder who will regurg on occasion if I give him a mouse that weighs what he is supposed to have. So he always gets the next size down and I feed him every five or six days.
 
I'm also a first snake owner and was totally lost until I found the modified version of the Munson. Really helps a lot with your 1st.
 
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