supposed to be on double pinkies but...

[tylercole2294]

Hey pumpkin is supposed to be on double pinky mice starting today since she is now 16g but the pinkies i have are from petco which look terrible. They are a nasty grey color and they both weight only barely 1 gram each. I am supposed to give her two, two gram pinkies. I really want her to get big and get on fuzzies but it wont be a while if I have to feed her these. Should I feed her 3 instead of two? please let me know what to do? I dont wanna buy mice online because i only have one snake so it wont be worth it. thanks!

 

[mike17l]

The Munson plan is not law, it is merely a suggestion of what is "normal". All animals are different. There is no set of guidelines that should be followed for all animals of a single species.

 

[wade]

A one gram pinkie is really small. I'd give it two and not worry a bit about it. Fresher is better but grey is all you have got.

 

[measley]

I really want her to get big and get on fuzzies but it wont be a while if I have to feed her these. Should I feed her 3 instead of two? please let me know what to do? I dont wanna buy mice online because i only have one snake so it wont be worth it. thanks!

Why do you want her big so fast? You should let her grow at a normal rate as this will benefit her more in the end.

With my first corn, I used to get my feeders from Petco and you're right about them being tiny... but I fed him on just 2 of them at a time before moving him up to fuzzies and he was fine and is getting big now.

Go ahead and feed her 2 pinks at a time until you run out and then switch her to fuzzies... that's what I would do.

 

[tylercole2294]

i just fed her two and fed her two again last night as it was 5 days later. should i move her to fuzzies from petco now since they are probably small?

 

[Lennycorn]

No need to rush or push but yes if you are now out of pinks you can switch to fuzzies.

 

[Em Wright]

Switch to fuzzies as long as they're not too big for her.

 

[danielle]

Fuzzies seem big for a 16 gram corn. I have the unfortunate knowledge of how painful it is to deal with a regurge worrying your snake will die. I see others say go for it, but 2 pinks even tiny ones every 5 days seems like a sufficient meal for a corn this size. Growing fast isn't a sign of health. The best analogy I can think of was given to me by Allen Repashy "Do you pick out the fat kid on the playground and remark how healthy they must be" Probably not right? I say be conservative for now, but thats just my 2 cents.