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Old 01-25-17, 02:08 PM   #10
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Re: New addition, first rescue

She doesn't look underweight. A little big-headed so definitely hasn't grown to her potential yet, but she doesn't look quite that severely stunted. How sure are they of her age? Have they had her that entire time?

At her size a large mouse (or whatever the size under jumbo is for your supplier) is probably the ideal meal size, considering how small she is it's probably ok to feed her every 2 weeks, but if she has been slightly stunted I'd highly caution against feeding weekly. When underfed and stunted snakes are fed too much they'll grow at an extremely rapid rate which can seriously damage their skeletal system and cause kinks down their length (I've only seen this happen once or twice). Just keep the prey size reasonable and don't feed her too often and she should grow at a reasonable rate for her body to keep up with.

I'm not sure how you're currently feeding, that's just my .02.

Other than that, I can't wait for her to settle in and start seeing her posts.
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