feeder girth comparison

[reverendsterlin]

just have a couple of pics showing feeder girth to snake girth (well one and sorta one lol)
this guy was 24 days old when he ate his first fuzzy (3 pinks prior) and is shown here downing his fourth
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/272pict0002-med.jpg
this is nebula my male charcoal breeder, he seldom gets treats and sucked this retired breeder gerbil down like it was candy.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/272pict0010-med.jpg
these pics in no way mean all snakes eat large prey my silly 2yo pueblan still will sometimes turn down hoppers but never turns away a fuzzy. Still corns and the larger boas (not familiar enough with rosys and sand boas, or the some of tree boas to comment there) quickly offer to move up size. The neo is the one I'm keeping this year and I expect her last meal this season to be a small juvi. Last years babies all range between 150-202 grams here at about the one year mark. I do practice what I preach.

Rev

[Invictus]

Right on Rev. Finally, someone else who doesn't underfeed his snakes.

[Jeff_Favelle]

Exactly! You two guys feed your snake just like me!! I think that's why we get along so well. Hmmm...well...except for the fact that Invictus hates me. LOL!

[BoidKeeper]

Boys boys I feed like mad too! Don't leave me out!
Cheers,
Trevor

[Invictus]

*flips the bird to Jeff*

LOL

[Zoe]

I can't say I feed that big, but I don't have a problem with it. I mean, it gets smooshed and stretched and compressed anyway, its not like the prey stays that size INSIDE the snake's stomach.

Zoe

[marisa]

haha its funny....a friend of mine has had a snow corn for about three years. Its fed like small prey items once per 14 days. Its small and thin.

His brother came over to my house to check out my stuff and he didnt even believe my snow corns were the same snake because their girth was so much more than his brothers...and I had to repeatedly tell him, no they aren't fat. They just get fed properly unlike your brothers...duh.

Marisa

[Jeff_Favelle]

That's excellent Marisa! Must kind of make you feel good about your husbandry and dedication!

Invictus, you will get you comeuppance, LOL!!


Rev., a picture is worth a thousand words! Excellent post buddy! Feed those things!! Its how they grow for crying out loud!!!!

[Tim_Cranwill]

I'm with ya' brothers! These animals are only made to do a few things and eating is one of them. It is funny though... Some snakes won't take a large meal (my adult male sin will only eat hoppers) and others are all over it! :)

[Invictus]

I'll get my comeuppance? You mean you're going to give me one of your electric Hondos? Cool! Will that be WestJet or Air Canada? Hehehehe

[reverendsterlin]

as a small addendum I weighed them today, at 41 days of age they all weigh between 10 and 11.5 grams at birth they all were 8 grams. So after 40 days all have increased their weight between 25-38%. I figure this is the begining of a smooth growth curve I may add to this thread every month until brumation in case anyone wants to chart growth comparison rates with their own hatchling.

Thanks everyone for the positive support, maybe this will get some of the animals out there on more reasonable feeding schedules.

Rev

[Darlene]

That's bigger then I had thought !! Wow !! It's working tho (this thread).....I just went a size up with mine after seeing the pic & they went nuts for it. The pic is much better then a description for us fairly new keepers. I have seen under weight snakes & knew they were underfed. Mine are not under weight but I now think they could be growing even faster. Thanks, Rev. !!

[TheRedDragon]

Good for you for feeding your snakes well! Since Invictus and I started feeding our corn (Morpheus) two adult mice per feeding, he's really put on the weight and girth! :)

[Oliverian]

Lol, I like the first picture. That corn looks like he's really focused. Glad your snakes are getting so much food and growing so well. :) ~TR~

[Invictus]

Originally posted by TheRedDragon
Good for you for feeding your snakes well! Since Invictus and I started feeding our corn (Morpheus) two adult mice per feeding, he's really put on the weight and girth! :)

Well, not just him. All of the corns have put on weight. Even Trinity, our super-slim Miami phase, has been getting bigger since we upped her to 2 adult mice. (Note: She's 4 feet long and eating 2 mice. We could probably give Morpheus 4 mice since he's 6 feet, but I want to ease him into that.)

Darlene - Right on. Keep feeding them well, and you'll be amazed how happy they are. (And how huge) :)

[Invictus]

Here's (hopefully) some more inspiration for feeding large prey items. A picture of Trinity taking down a large adult mouse like it was candy.

http://www.invictusart.com/images/TrinFeed.jpg

[reverendsterlin]

good job bro, the color helps show how much skin shows between the scale much better than the charcoals, thanks for the help.

[jwsporty]

All my guys and girls eat large and will readily switch back and forth between mice and rats, either F/T or F/K, every 5-7 days. Sometimes you gotta wonder if you are gonna have to clean up a regurge in a couple of days, but they just keep on amazing me with the amount and size of the food they chow down. Time to go feed the mice and rats..(if they only knew what was in store for them) If you wanna grown them big you gotta feed em big..

[KingFfaj]

dont know if i'm digging this thread up again, but i'm starting to get a little tierd of telling people how much they should feed there baby snakes (im not gonna stop) but it seems a lot of ppl really have been mis informed about this, from where ever they bought there snakes from.
My cal king is nearly 7 years old and quite under sized (4-1/2') and i'm feeding him every 4-6 days (depending on the size of the prey) and i'm making dam sure hes getting over fed. I've been at this for ages and ages and he still doesnt look in the slightest bit fat! But he is shedding his skin once a month, and shows no sign of slowing down:D
My point is, that i'm always hearing and reading that ppl are worried about over feeding ther snake, but imho as long as the snake is active and not full grown, it just dosnt happen.
(In all my days i've only ever seen one obbese snake and it was a corn that was fed 4 mice a week for 4 years, and had a very inactive lifstye)
SO FEED'EM UP GUYS;)

[Lisa]

we tend to cycle our feeding with what's available from our feeders. some times they get big some times they get small.