Number of pinkies?

[QuickSilver]

OK, OK we're moving up to fuzzies this week, I've just got one pinkie left. I'm all for calcified bones and if fuzzies inflate in the freezer that would explain why they look impossible for my snake to fit in his belly. So back to this poor guy's question. Would you guess you'd typically feed pinkies the first 4-6 months and then move to fuzzies? For those of you who are super experienced newbies seem dumb, but we're just trying to take all that information out there and make sense of it, i.e. I've read they have to be eating 4 pinkies per meal before moving up and not much else, so that's what we've been working toward.

 

[kenalotia]

I guess 6 months would be a safe guess. Of course, it also depends on your feeding schedule, too. Some people feed ever 4 days, others every 7 days. If he still needs pinks after 6 months, he can buy some more.

Btw, where did you read that snakes had to be eating 4 pinks per meal before moving up to fuzzies?? I've never seen/heard advice like that before. Just that by the time a snake can handle two pinkies easily, you can move it up to a small fuzzy.

Oh, and you don't seem dumb (although I don't consider myself "super experienced," either). I think probably all of us remember when we first got our very first snake, and all the questions we had. Only we didn't all have this forum to go to, so we had to figure things out ourselves, or read books.

 

[CAV]

Ahhh the good ol' days!

Only one fuzzy to feed, only one water bowl to clean, only one poop pile to scoop! Those really were the best of times........

 

[blito]

Re: Ahhh the good ol' days!

Only one fuzzy to feed, only one water bowl to clean, only one poop pile to scoop! Those really were the best of times........

really?

you make it sound as if having multiple herps is painful!
actually, Multiple Herps DOES sound painfull, is there a cure?
Perhaps we should set up a foundation for the research into a cure for Multiple Herps!

So how many critters you got? Chione is my one and only atm, but i`m considering getting another snake or maybe a lizard later in the year, well lets face it, Chione is going to outgrow her 3foot tank eventually and need something bigger, leaving me with a home ready for a new project

 

[CAV]

Let's just say I'm rapidly approaching the half-century mark (with a Herp Show this weekend!)

Nah, it isn't painful, just time consuming. I honestly don't know how the big breeders handle the hundreds that are in their collections.

 

[bmm]

I know! I can't imagine how Rich does it....

I have a busy week taking care of 8 snakes, a few lizards, green iguana, one dog and all the breeder mice. I can't imagine producing 3000 baby corns.

bmm

 

[CornCrazy]

Re: am i dumb?

my 11 month old eats adult mice,,,,

in december when it was 6,,,,i used to feed it huge fuzzies,,

and hes not overweight,,i just thought he was,,his size is perfect,,,

when i first got him he was 42 cms(6 month old)

now hes about 70(11 months old)

i always see people post about feeding their 11 month old pinkies
why do you guys still feed pinkies?

is something wrong with my snake,,is it too big

Wasted...some of my 2002 babies are big like that too. I think it just depends on the snake and how much the owner feeds. I do not believe it is all in how often they are fed, however, because mine are all fed on the same day. Some of them simply want to eat more than others, and they grow faster.

As a matter of fact, I just weighed ALL of my '02 snakes and they range in size from 30g (a snake I just got yesterday) to 166g. As you can see, that's a big difference! And the one that weighs 166 grams ate 2 weanlings at his last feeding! Actually, several of the larger ones are eating 1-2 weanlings already. Even the smallest ones eat fuzzies, and they have NO problems with them.