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The Munson Plan

I may get some backlash on this, but...

You won't go wrong following it, but it's by no means nature's magic formula. There are 100 ways for a corn to eat and be healthy. Use it if it's helpful to you.
 
It's a good set of starting guidelines if you don't have experience but I wouldn't advise anyone to adhere to it slavishly. Believe what your own eyes tell you. If your Corn starts getting thin, feed it more often or bigger. If it starts getting plump, feed smaller and/or less often.

Two Corns - even clutchmates - on the same feeding regime can put on or lose weight at dramatically different rates. Tweak the Plan to suit.
 
It is great for beginners. I have tried using it, but as stated by bitsy, I have a corn that needed a weight loss regime, so she did lots of exercise and more than a few times went a little longer than normal between meals... She finally looks like a healthy corn snake. You can't even tell she used to have hips.
 
I like it. I generally feed it conservatively. I don't move a snake up a step until it is maybe 5-10 grams over the limit. I sort the mice into large, medium, small fuzzies, weanlings, hoppers, etc and start the snake off on the smallest mouse of that class.

And I guess I have a sort of SnickerSnakes Feeding Plan.

Adults 200-300 grams- med adult mouse every 7 days
Adults 300-400 grams- med adult mouse every 10 days
Adults 400-550 grams- med adult mouse every 14 days
Adults 550+ grams- med adult mouse every 21 days

If someone gets even the slightest hint of fattiness near the tail they go up to the next level. They get weighed at every feeding.
 
I think it should be used as a guide. When I used it it did bulk up my snakes, a little too much. I also don't like the double pink, more chance of regurge.
 
I don't bother with it at all. I feed appropriate sizes when my snakes tell me they are hungry. Also when I have a surplus of mice lol. Actually my adults get mostly small mice fairly frequently since I haven't brought in an extra tank to grow them (the mice) up bigger in. But I only have a few as pets and I'll breed occasionally a clutch for fun so I know my snakes pretty well and they let me know what they need.
 
I find it a bit aggressive for snakes in the yearling range. Some can totally keep up with that pace, others can barely choke down those meals -for the most part, I feed smaller food items. If they can handle it, it's hard to overfeed a growing young corn. Adults have to be treated differently, they are happy to get fat on you.
 
I follow a more conservative version of it. I'll feed every five days until fuzzies, then switch to seven days. I also do what Nanci does and wait to move up to the next size until they're at least 10g over the weight on the Munson plan. Fuzzies to hoppers has been my most difficult transition, so I solely by the individual snake. My Willow is 79g and tried a hopper, but regurged the tail and hind legs, so it's back to large fuzzies for her. You get to know your snakes and know if some are more sensitive than others and adjust your feeding accordingly.
 
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