how big......?

[lanalizard]

my snake is roughly 22" and the girth of my baby finger right now and was born in july (5 months old). How big should he be at a year old...and is he a good size right now?
he is eating 2 f/t pinkies every 4 days. and when should i introduce him to fuzzies?

[Tim_Cranwill]

Pinkies provide very little nutrients/calcium compared to fuzzies. Your corn is about the size of a few of mine and mine are having no trouble with fuzzies. I'd say you could make the jump to fuzzies anytime now.

Some people on this site had suggested that they get their snakes on fuzzies as soon as possible and even by the snake's sixth meal which may seem like a stretch given how small corns can be. In my experience, the snakes who have been on fuzzies longer have shown noticeably more growth than those who I have left on pinkies. So, I immediately got the last few on fuzzies a few meals ago and am hoping for some nice growth

From the sounds of it, your corn is doing fine as far as size goes.

I'm the one that moves them up quick, my neos are all at the 30-35 gram size and were born late July. I do space the meals out farther 5-7 days between depending on the animal. I'll probably be moving then to hoppers soon after it warms again and get them all on a 7 day schedule with the rest (mostly lol) of the animals.

[Tim_Cranwill]

Yeah, I thought it was you but I wasn't sure.

Thanks for the tips Rev!

[dragonkid]

my new snake is 1 foot long....how old do you think it is? and what should it be eating right now?lizards?baby frogs?and when could i put it on pinkies?

[Kathy]

They can eat pinks from the start, if shes really little just get really little pinks. My girl is tiny and ive never given her frogs or lizards

[Weather1]

I have one that was born Sept 11th and he is on Fuzzys every 5-7 days. He is 18 inches long and the size of my middle fingre around.

My other born the same day is still on pinkies and is only as round as a McDonalds straw. Just under a foot long.

[Lisa]

It's surprising how much they can stretch. also when they're young we tend to feed them about 2x a week for 1/2 of the first year

[BeHeMoTh]

wow thats a lot of good info

[MidnightIris]

I find that pinks are better for very young snakes who's digestion isn't fully up and running yet, however, I feed every 3 - 5 days when they're that little. (I've heard) that the hair is a bit harder to digest, but it's good to get them started on that asap. Mine were all on Fuzzies by 3 months of age. At one year, the ghost gets one f/t small mouse every week and a half and the two-year-olds get one small rat every one and a half to two weeks. The general rule of thumb is that if the lump is gone within 48 hrs, it's the right size. (Correct me if I'm wrong)

[BeHeMoTh]

if the lumps gone in 48 hrs, its the right size

anyone else agree??