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My Albino is settled in now. Fed her a F/T pinkie today and she readily accepted it. She was kinda pissed after the feeding. She's aggressive in her feed box, which doesn't concern me, but I think she wanted another pinkie. She's about 12-15" long.
wrecker45
10-03-14, 09:12 PM
She might take a fuzzie.
EL Ziggy
10-04-14, 12:09 AM
Congrats on the successful feed Derek. Kings can be pretty aggressive feeders. Yours was probably still a little hungry. Looking at her I would think she can handle 2 pinks or maybe even a fuzzy. As long as the prey item is about 1-1.5x the widest part of the snake you should be ok. I usually feed my young colubrids 10-15% of their body weight every 5-7 days. I've gotten good healthy growth rates with this method.
She gobbled up 2 pinkies f/t tonight like it was nothing. She really went after the 2nd one with a nice strike too! I'm going to try a fuzzy next week.
She had her first shed this week too! Which was nice. That could have been why she was pissy last week, but I never noticed her eyes glazed over. She's an Albino so not sure if they show as much glaze?
sharthun
10-09-14, 07:14 PM
She gobbled up 2 pinkies f/t tonight like it was nothing. She really went after the 2nd one with a nice strike too! I'm going to try a fuzzy next week.
She had her first shed this week too! Which was nice. That could have been why she was pissy last week, but I never noticed her eyes glazed over. She's an Albino so not sure if they show as much glaze?
Congrats! :D
EL Ziggy
10-09-14, 07:16 PM
Good news Derek! Your king is eating and shedding well. That means you're doing something right :). I'm pretty sure she'll smash those fuzzys too. It is sometimes hard to tell when the albino snakes are prepping to shed. They look slightly more dull/opaque than normal. Post more pics when you can. Be well.
drumcrush
10-09-14, 07:20 PM
She gobbled up 2 pinkies f/t tonight like it was nothing. She really went after the 2nd one with a nice strike too! I'm going to try a fuzzy next week.
She had her first shed this week too! Which was nice. That could have been why she was pissy last week, but I never noticed her eyes glazed over. She's an Albino so not sure if they show as much glaze?
It's hard for me to tell when my albino garter is in shed too. Sometimes I can just barely tell. If she is off and hiding, that generally tells me she is in shed.
Good news Derek! Your king is eating and shedding well. That means you're doing something right :). I'm pretty sure she'll smash those fuzzys too. It is sometimes hard to tell when the albino snakes are prepping to shed. They look slightly more dull/opaque than normal. Post more pics when you can. Be well.
I'll get some more pics in a couple days when she's moving around. She was so cool and gentle and calm tonight. She's so awesome.
EL Ziggy
10-09-14, 10:08 PM
I'll get some more pics in a couple days when she's moving around. She was so cool and gentle and calm tonight. She's so awesome.
The only time I can get mine to stay still long enough for me to take any pictures is a couple of days after they've eaten :)
pdomensis
10-10-14, 10:23 AM
Good thread. I thought I'd add here that my cali won't take fuzzys but will pound pinkies. He should be the right size to transition, but he gets defensive and won't eat them.
I moved her to a F/T Fuzzy today. Took her a little while to get it down, but she did. The pinkies she just goes up and gobbles them down. She checked out the fuzzy and attacked the hell out of it.
sharthun
10-17-14, 06:03 PM
I moved her to a F/T Fuzzy today. Took her a little while to get it down, but she did. The pinkies she just goes up and gobbles them down. She checked out the fuzzy and attacked the hell out of it.
Nice!!!!!!! :D
Here is a feeding pic from today.
http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv223/Derekmeredith/A4BA7061-CE9A-4E45-8E3D-D3833F6796C8_zpsvmnzg6da.jpg
EL Ziggy
10-17-14, 09:20 PM
That looks like a great size for her Derek. How much and how often do you feed her?
She's at my office right now and I've been feeding her every Friday afternoon so she can be left alone over the weekend. I had been feeding her 2 pinkies the last 2 weeks.
EL Ziggy
10-18-14, 04:26 PM
She's at my office right now and I've been feeding her every Friday afternoon so she can be left alone over the weekend. I had been feeding her 2 pinkies the last 2 weeks.
Sounds like you're cruising now Derek. She's gonna grow fast! Enjoy!!
Thanks Ziggy. She's home now. Brought her home yesterday and she was puddy in my hands tonight.
http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv223/Derekmeredith/3794B23E-F4EF-4555-9BBD-F8BC97621E2A_zpsjcrpmpwp.jpg
EL Ziggy
10-20-14, 09:18 PM
She's really pretty Derek. I'm looking forward to watching her grow
Love the fully striped albinos. Pretty girl.
She an eating machine! I was feeding her every Friday, and I just did a Friday/Tuesday and she ate the fuzzy on Tuesday like it was her last meal she was ever going to have. I'm not power feeding, but I can tell when she's hungry.
Tonight, just now she climbed to the top of the cage to hang out. She only did this when I first got her, first week or two. She's pretty shy, but can be handled without and problem. Wonder why she is spread out up top tonight?
http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv223/Derekmeredith/35DCDF93-BED5-47D5-9529-BD989C41D8E3_zps2rn5cfu4.jpg
Haha my milk does that. I've been trying to bulk him up so he'll be too big to do that but it's still pretty funny. It's like a snake trapeze act. Beautiful snake you have.
toddnbecka
01-08-15, 12:48 AM
She does it because she can, lol. My corn did that right after I put some branches in for climbing (still too small to reach the tank rim w/out something to climb) but dropped back down when I blew on him/her to encourage moving along so I could open the top and change the water bowl. I haven't seen the bugger up there since then, though I don't know what goes on after I'm in bed.
Minkness
01-08-15, 01:50 AM
I came home to my Calypso doing something like that and I freaked out thinking she was trying to escape, which was weird to me. She has been in a 5 gallon tank and never EVER tried to climb the sides or get to the top (while i was around anyway lol). So to see her shoved up there chillin was like l...what?! She has even more room than before O_o
I made sure to secure the back of the lid right away and will do the same to the front before I go to bed.
Also...pretty king you have!
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