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10-06-11, 11:36 AM
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mamma bear
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Time for double pinks??
My Blizzard corn was hatched June 18, 2011. he was 14" when we brought him home in August, He is now 19" long. I don't know what he weighs, I plan on getting the dig scale but that has been delayed due to loss of wage after hubby's car accident.
I *think* he is at the size for double pinks, but because the munson plan goes by weight, I am not totally sure. He seems healthy, no bones sticking out or anything. He is taking 1 mouse pink every 6-7 days right now.
What do you guys think about upping him to 2 pinks/feeding?
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10-06-11, 11:37 AM
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Re: Time for double pinks??
pics of him with something for reference?
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10-06-11, 11:41 AM
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Re: Time for double pinks??
My 17" can take two pinks easy. I usually feed one but if he looks like he's hunting I'll give him another.
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10-06-11, 11:42 AM
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mamma bear
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Re: Time for double pinks??
I'll give it a shot, he's so white that the light bounces off him and blurs the images!! I'll go see what I can do in the next few minutes!
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10-06-11, 11:42 AM
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Diesel the pumpkin killer
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Re: Time for double pinks??
If the pink isn't leaving a good lump for 24-36hrs you can go ahead and try feeding doubles.
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10-06-11, 11:59 AM
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mamma bear
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Re: Time for double pinks??
here's some pics, hope they help!!
IMG_1505.jpg
IMG_1506.jpg
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10-06-11, 12:00 PM
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mamma bear
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Re: Time for double pinks??
btw that "tiny lump" is last nights meal! (1 pinky)
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10-06-11, 12:14 PM
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Re: Time for double pinks??
I would not hesitate to feed 3 pinkies a meal.
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10-06-11, 03:32 PM
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Re: Time for double pinks??
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Originally Posted by infernalis
I would not hesitate to feed 3 pinkies a meal.
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I agree. If you offer it to him and he eats it, then give it to him each week. He will only eat what he wants. I have a king snake that size at work and sometimes he will eat a fuzzie and other times he eats 3 or 4 pinkies.
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10-06-11, 01:06 PM
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mamma bear
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Re: Time for double pinks??
really? Wouldn't I just go up to fuzzy's in that case?? Although it will be double/triple pinks for a bit, as none of my mice have given birth yet and once they do, I still won't have fuzzy's for 5(ish) days from birth. So there is still about 2-3 feedings before I could go fuzzy.
Plus he has eaten all the biggest pinkies I have, now we just have small ones left until the next batch is born.
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10-06-11, 02:24 PM
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Diesel the pumpkin killer
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Re: Time for double pinks??
I always think you should do double pinks for a little while ( month or 2 ) then switch up to a fuzzy just so that the food size isn't to dramatic. The pinks I had where tiny and I think the fuzzies where huge! It really depends on the size difference of the ones you have. if they are not far off in size go to a fuzzy.
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10-06-11, 02:43 PM
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mamma bear
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Re: Time for double pinks??
well, the nice thing about breeding your own mice and rats is that you can cull out any size you want (once they are born) with 4 female mice giving birth within days of each other I had small, med and lrg pinks. (only have small now) my 4 mice should give birth within the 10-12 days, so I can just let them grow to the size I need.
Maybe I should cull half as med-lrg pinkies and start feeding him double pinks, then cull the other half once they reach the appropriate size fuzzy??
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10-06-11, 03:07 PM
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Diesel the pumpkin killer
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Re: Time for double pinks??
Sounds like a good Idea to me...
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10-06-11, 03:25 PM
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mamma bear
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Re: Time for double pinks??
I didn't realize how quickly he was digesting his meals. I tend to leave him completely alone after feeding him for about 3 days. But I fed him a large pinky last night and took that pic of him this morning. The lump is pretty much already gone, and the only reason I can tell it's still there is because it was a black pinky in a blizzard corn!!!
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10-06-11, 03:33 PM
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Diesel the pumpkin killer
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Re: Time for double pinks??
Haha I want a picture of the all white snake with black food in the tummy.. thats classic I might have to get a white snake now.. hrmmm 
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