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The (Q) + (A) thread! (Use it!!) :P

Jdizzyfizzy

Jdizzyfizzy

George!
well, instead of making lots and lots of thread on simple questions "my mastake" just use this thread..

*(Q) - use this when asking a question
*(A) - use this when answering a question

If you have simple questions then post them here!!
Thank you, i will start this thread off,

*(Q) Tomorrow is my next feeding day, i have two questions,
ive changed from 7 days to 4 days to feed damien, was this a good idea? and what effects will it have on him (this may help other people changing there snakes feeding times!)
*(Q) Whats the best way to "Properly" de-frost a Frozen rodent, in my case a rat pup? also if not de-frosted properly what effects can it have on the snake!
 
The "Behavior" forum is the wrong place for a very general thread like this. For example, neither of your questions belong here. Then there's the fact that your questions, and 99% of those you can possibly imagine have already been answered in other threads, or in the FAQs in the various forums. The "search" function is also a very useful tool for finding the answer to just about any question you might have.

Having said that, I'll still answer your questions:

1. A four-day feeding schedule is pushing it for any corn that isn't on the smallest of pinks. Even then, it may be pushing it. A five-day schedule is more appropriate.

2. I don't know about the "best" way to defrost a rodent, but I thaw them in the hottest tap water, changing the water out a few times depending on the size of the rodent. Give the rodent a squeeze, especially the head. If the body and skull are very warm, the rodent is thawed. Failure to fully thaw a rodent will VERY likely result in a regurge, if the snake doesn't just refuse it outright.
 
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I thought we already went over defrosting in the thread where your mom thought Damien was going to get food poisoning?

Damien is two years old, am I correct? At any rate, the size of Corn who is eating a rat pup, regardless of age, should be going at least a week between feedings.

Nanci
 
Nanci said:
I thought we already went over defrosting in the thread where your mom thought Damien was going to get food poisoning?

Damien is two years old, am I correct? At any rate, the size of Corn who is eating a rat pup, regardless of age, should be going at least a week between feedings.

Nanci
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yea he's 2, but i know somone with a one year old snake the same as damien and they feed every 5 days and hes alot bigger then damien, so mabie weekly feeds are too long for him, i';am gona feed him tomorrow thats 5 days, good idea?
 
The prey size should be your guide. Most people switch to weekly feedings when the snake starts taking adult mice. Some people even switch at the hopper size. Just because you have a friend that is doing something with their snake doesn't mean it is the _right_ thing. Remember you had the pet store that told you to keep your snake at 65/cool and 75/warm, which is totally too cold!!! You can do a lot of different things and not _kill_ your snake, but you may not be caring for it optimally, either. Have you gotten and read either of the two good Cornsnake books yet? If you want to help your snake grow more quickly, make the prey easier to digest by cutting slits in its back. You want to make sure the first meal is digested and gone, before sending another one down. Pinkies and fuzzies digest quickly, but larger mice take longer to break down and process.

Nanci
 
Jdizzyfizzy said:
yea he's 2, but i know somone with a one year old snake the same as damien and they feed every 5 days and hes alot bigger then damien, so mabie weekly feeds are too long for him, i';am gona feed him tomorrow thats 5 days, good idea?
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Bad idea. If you are feeding rats, he should be eating approximately every 10 days. Just because a friend feeds every 5 days, doesn't mean you should. His circumstances may be different than yours. You have to do what's right for your snake in your circumstances.
 
thank you, and nope havent got any of the books yet, however my temps are okay now, there 82 on the hot side and 74 on the cooler side witch is right? i think? and i have a thurmostat on the way :p
 
Sounds good! If I fed Zee the tri-color every time he _wanted_ to be fed, I'd be feeding him every day- which would _not_ be good for him. Just because they prowl around and appear hungry doesn't mean they need to eat. In the wild, snakes have to eat when they find food, because they don't know how long it will be till the next opportunity. In captivity, we have to feed them at a healthy interval, with plenty of time to digest, no matter how much they beg.

Nanci
 
You have to get the temperature probe down to right on top of the glass over the UTH. Does your cover have a place you can sneak it through? I don't use tape inside the viv, but I put a small piece of tape on the probe's wire right where it goes over the edge into the viv.

Your thermostat looks like it lets you set an actual temperature. I would set it at the temp you want, but put a thermometer right next to it to make sure the temp you set is what the thermostat provides. I'd keep checking/adjusting several times a day, and then just check once a week or so.

Nanci
 
right, ive set it up so that its about 1inc away from the UTH thats because my UTH is inside, the reason is because i dont have space to put it undertank, and also, for the last 2 days ive found him buried under his waterball, i think its because i didnt have a thurmostat and it was probably burning him :/ but i donno, ummm... ive set the thurmostat to 26c witch is 80f if i'am right, and that should stay that temp all the time, "hopefully if my thurmostat works"
 
BeckyG said:
Bad idea. If you are feeding rats, he should be eating approximately every 10 days.
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that is true if feedinh like weanling rats to an adult snake but most places i see frefer to rat pups as rats about the size of large hoppers, so if that is what he is feeding i dont think it should be every 10 days, but it reall just depends on the size of the "rat pups"
 
cornsnakekid92 said:
that is true if feedinh like weanling rats to an adult snake but most places i see frefer to rat pups as rats about the size of large hoppers, so if that is what he is feeding i dont think it should be every 10 days, but it reall just depends on the size of the "rat pups"
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He says his snake is two years old, therefore it should be on a longer feeding cycle than every 5 days. I feed my two year olds adult mice every 10 days. Any more than that and they will get fat. Add to that the fact that rats have more nutrition than mice, so don't need to be fed as often anyway. That is why I recommended every 10 days for him to feed.

Come to think of it, if his snake is two years old, it probably needs something larger than a rat pup anyway.
 
i also thoght it should be on a larger foood item, then it made me wonder if he snake is adult size yet? I mean age is just a number, it could still have a good ammount to grow, even though it is older depending on how it was fed. I am no saying that he should feed it ever 4 or 5 days, but that maybe weekly or every 10 days with more apporpitally sized rodents, if his is only the size of a yearling. But then again, what some people call rat pups are thesame size as adult mice, and if he is comparing to a yearling the size of one of Deans yearling then i agree with you and i did not mean to sound like i was discrediting you in anyway. :cheers:
 
well i just say around 2 but we got told he was 1.5 when the petstore got him and they had him about 3 months according to the feeding schedule witch has been every 7 days since he was born, i broke that last week because i went away for Christmas, but yea, hes about 2 ft long, about 3/4 of an inch thick, currentally in a 2ft tank next week hes going in a 3.5 foot... so yea, 7 days will probably be enough, and he comes of rat pups in a few month according to many my local reptile breeder.
 
Roy Munson said:
The "Behavior" forum is the wrong place for a very general thread like this. For example, neither of your questions belong here. Then there's the fact that your questions, and 99% of those you can possibly imagine have already been answered in other threads, or in the FAQs in the various forums. The "search" function is also a very useful tool for finding the answer to just about any question you might have.

Having said that, I'll still answer your questions:

1. A four-day feeding schedule is pushing it for any corn that isn't on the smallest of pinks. Even then, it may be pushing it. A five-day schedule is more appropriate.

2. I don't know about the "best" way to defrost a rodent, but I thaw them in the hottest tap water, changing the water out a few times depending on the size of the rodent. Give the rodent a squeeze, especially the head. If the body and skull are very warm, the rodent is thawed. Failure to fully thaw a rodent will VERY likely result in a regurge, if the snake doesn't just refuse it outright.
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I think the reason so many questions are posted over and over is that people are getting mixed messages, such as feeding, I have personally been told by people on this forum that hatchlings should be fed twice per week. That would mean a 3 day and 4 day feeding shedual until they are ready for larger food items. And yet other people say 5-7 days is the correct way to feed hatchlings. I think the problem is that feed requirements are specific for each individual. I'm not saying that the givin information is incorrect, just trying to help people understand why the search is not always very helpful and why people feel the need to post thier own threads. (IMO ;))
 
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