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Old 01-22-17, 11:23 AM   #16
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This is how it starts... First it's one, and then two... and before you know it you're hooked... You are always looking for that next snake to feed your addiction... My wife said no more snakes, two snakes ago... Ya right! haha...
I said NO! 4 snakes ago and now I've got 7 with another 2 on their way
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Old 01-22-17, 06:47 PM   #17
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I said NO! 4 snakes ago and now I've got 7 with another 2 on their way
Well there's the problem, your arguing with yourself... You say no when you mean yes... Now me it's always a yes and my wife puts the brake on... I just have to catch her asleep at the wheel... hehe
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LOL. I'm already on my way. Planning to get another 2 when the local Repticon comes. Probably going to get a king snake and another corn snake morph.
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My Milk Snake is around that size and it gets only one pinkie. Am I underfeeding it? She is not thin at all though, just wondering.
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My Milk Snake is around that size and it gets only one pinkie. Am I underfeeding it? She is not thin at all though, just wondering.
I would move up to fuzzies.
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Old 01-26-17, 03:38 PM   #21
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Will fuzzies be to big? The pinkies are slightly wider than her head. Or maybe can I do 2 pinkies?
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Will fuzzies be to big? The pinkies are slightly wider than her head. Or maybe can I do 2 pinkies?
Don't measure the food by the size of the snakes head. You can feed a prey item up to 1.5x the girth of the snake's body. I try to get my snakes off of pinkies asap and on to more mature prey items. I don't think my young snakes had more than 6 pinky meals before I bumped up their prey size.
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Agree with whats been said and I would get her onto fuzzies when her next feed is due. If you could see my little sunglow boa you wouldn't think she could eat a fuzzy but she does
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Agree with whats been said and I would get her onto fuzzies when her next feed is due. If you could see my little sunglow boa you wouldn't think she could eat a fuzzy but she does
Okay. I will feed it the last pinkie in the pack then I am switching to fuzzies. Thanks guys!
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You're welcome Cricket
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Welcome! Beautiful baby corn!
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