The wait that felt like an eternity...

awwalz01 · 01-13-17, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by sockSnek

My jungle was 62g at 13 months. He doubled in size in less than 2 months.

Dang that is crazy. Must have been feeding him pretty large meals, yea?

**EL Ziggy** · 01-13-17, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by awwalz01

Dang that is crazy. Must have been feeding him pretty large meals, yea?

You don't have to necessarily feed large meals to get them up to size walz but I do feed my young snakes pretty liberally for their first 2 years before dialing them back. Just for reference my coastal was an 85g yearling when he arrived on 9/2/15, he was 325g on 12/12/15, and 1646g on 12/9/16. I fed him every 5 days for the first two months, then every 7-10 days for a few months, and now he eats every 10-14 days. There was a similar pattern with my jungle. He was 31g at 2 months old when I got him on 9/22/15, 134g on 12/27/15, and 1425g at his last weigh in on 12/25/16. The breeder was feeding my carpets every 2-3 weeks prior to their arrival. I prefer a more growth oriented feeding regiment. I'm sure your IJ will do great on a 5-7 day feeding schedule.

awwalz01 · 01-14-17, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by EL Ziggy

You don't have to necessarily feed large meals to get them up to size walz but I do feed my young snakes pretty liberally for their first 2 years before dialing them back. Just for reference my coastal was an 85g yearling when he arrived on 9/2/15, he was 325g on 12/12/15, and 1646g on 12/9/16. I fed him every 5 days for the first two months, then every 7-10 days for a few months, and now he eats every 10-14 days. There was a similar pattern with my jungle. He was 31g at 2 months old when I got him on 9/22/15, 134g on 12/27/15, and 1425g at his last weigh in on 12/25/16. The breeder was feeding my carpets every 2-3 weeks prior to their arrival. I prefer a more growth oriented feeding regiment. I'm sure your IJ will do great on a 5-7 day feeding schedule.

Alright awesome. Thanks Zig, you are the best. I'm not too worried about his weight. As long as it is because he wouldn't eat and still doesn't want to eat. I'll feed him sometime towards the end of this coming week and hopefully he will take.

MartinD · 01-14-17, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by awwalz01

Dang that is crazy. Must have been feeding him pretty large meals, yea?

Every time I see your avatar I keep thinking of pizza lol

awwalz01 · 01-14-17, 12:42 PM

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Every time I see your avatar I keep thinking of pizza lol

Never thought of it like that, but now I can't see it any other way lol. Especially because I worked at a pizza place in high school!

sockSnek · 01-14-17, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by awwalz01

Dang that is crazy. Must have been feeding him pretty large meals, yea?

Only a little bit in the beginning because my local reptile place didn't have anything smaller than rat pups and I wanted to switch him to rats sooner than later. He grew into them really quickly though, and now they're only slightly wider around than he is. I've been feeding him every 7-10 days since I got him.