Need Help!!

[bigsnakegirl785]

That's a pretty good schedule Tsubaki! I may have to copy and paste that into a permanent Word document for future use...for now I think I'm feeding River a little bit heavier than that, but I'm giving her large-ish meals every other week. I started out feeding biweekly then went to weekly when she didn't grow, and then went back to biweekly when she started eating large rats. She's now taking the jumbos I got from Perfect Prey with ease, but I feel they're a bit small, the largest one was 300 grams and Cloud's larges average about 275. She was actually losing weight when I had her on larges, went from almost 2,100 grams down to 1,900. She gains weight so quickly with her it doesn't matter if you weigh her empty or not, she'll be 100 grams heavier after she poops. lol So that was weird. Still feeding her every other week, just bumped her prey size. According to the breeder when I got her she was born October 2014 so that makes her 23 months old now. She doesn't really forage much, and the last time I tried to feed her she showed almost no interest in her favorite meal - rabbits. Think I should probably step her down to something like 3 weeks?

[sattva]

Thanks Tsubaki... Just for you people who don't, This is what constructive criticism looks like... It's suppose to be helpful not judgmental...
Anyway my little guy is 1 year 4 months... I tried backing him off to once every 10 days but he was getting to skinny... I'll have to keep I eye out and see if I can tell if he is foraging or just out and about...

So by your schedule I should be giving George a larger meal less often?

[Tsubaki]

Just on a side note, on my schedule it takes an average of 6 years before a retic reaches its adult size.

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

' ---' I think I'm feeding River a little bit heavier than that, but I'm giving her large-ish meals every other week. '---' She's now taking the jumbos I got from Perfect Prey with ease, but I feel they're a bit small, the largest one was 300 grams '---' She doesn't really forage much, and the last time I tried to feed her she showed almost no interest in her favorite meal - rabbits. Think I should probably step her down to something like 3 weeks?

You could step down frequency and step up size of the meal, if you're willing to try my method you could try setting her to 2 weeks.. See if she forages, and if not feed her at 3 weeks regardless.. Saying this with a hint of caution, I can't exactly tell where she should be at 24 months because every snake is different and i don't 'know' her... But if i got an animal that size, that age, that is what i would try first. If you do try, i'd definitely advise to resume monitoring her weight as you do. Sounds about right though. I'm pretty sure large rats here are 350grams+ XL (or jumbo) rats are 500+

Originally Posted by sattva

Thanks Tsubaki... Just for you people who don't, This is what constructive criticism looks like... It's suppose to be helpful not judgmental...
Anyway my little guy is 1 year 4 months... I tried backing him off to once every 10 days but he was getting to skinny... I'll have to keep I eye out and see if I can tell if he is foraging or just out and about...

So by your schedule I should be giving George a larger meal less often?

I would personally definitely up his food size, then monitor his growth. Then see where it goes from there! I really would advise a luggage or any other type of scale, because like I said before a grow spurt in length can suddenly make a retic look thin!

[jay's reptiles]

Originally Posted by Tsubaki

Just on a side note, on my schedule it takes an average of 6 years before a retic reaches its adult size.



You could step down frequency and step up size of the meal, if you're willing to try my method you could try setting her to 2 weeks.. See if she forages, and if not feed her at 3 weeks regardless.. Saying this with a hint of caution, I can't exactly tell where she should be at 24 months because every snake is different and i don't 'know' her... But if i got an animal that size, that age, that is what i would try first. If you do try, i'd definitely advise to resume monitoring her weight as you do. Sounds about right though. I'm pretty sure large rats here are 350grams+ XL (or jumbo) rats are 500+
I would personally definitely up his food size, then monitor his growth. Then see where it goes from there! I really would advise a luggage or any other type of scale, because like I said before a grow spurt in length can suddenly make a retic look thin!

My girl is on medium rats. She gets 1 rat every 10 days. She is 5ft long.