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02-13-14, 12:44 PM
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Mitch's first meal at home!
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02-13-14, 12:47 PM
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Re: Mitch's first meal at home!
Awesome snake and shots! Congrats on the first meal! 
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02-13-14, 12:49 PM
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Re: Mitch's first meal at home!
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Awesome snake and shots! Congrats on the first meal! |
Thanks
Boy is he alert right now, far more than any of the others are after a feed
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02-13-14, 12:50 PM
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Re: Mitch's first meal at home!
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Boy is he alert right now, far more than of the others are after feed |
He may still be hungry! lol 
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02-13-14, 12:54 PM
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Re: Mitch's first meal at home!
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He may still be hungry! lol |
Thats for sure 
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02-13-14, 01:11 PM
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Re: Mitch's first meal at home!
congrats on the feed, and really cool pics btw!
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02-13-14, 03:03 PM
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Re: Mitch's first meal at home!
Congrats!! Always a good feeling when they eat  . Pretty small meal though?
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02-13-14, 03:22 PM
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Re: Mitch's first meal at home!
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Pretty small meal though?
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I was thinking the same thing, but can understand if its his first meal. You'd be surprised at how big a meal retics will take with no issues.
Congrats, what is he sunfire? Looks like maybe some dwarf influence.
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02-13-14, 03:38 PM
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Re: Mitch's first meal at home!
Yep, a Sunfire Dwarf. Got him last Saturday, the weaner was taken straight away. He's settling in nicely. I'll try something bigger next week.
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02-13-14, 03:42 PM
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Re: Mitch's first meal at home!
Always nice when they eat for the first time in they're New home, and excellent pics to
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02-13-14, 04:02 PM
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Re: Mitch's first meal at home!
Good that you're going for something bigger.. But next week? thats really fast to feed him again tbh. How old is he?
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02-13-14, 04:23 PM
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Re: Mitch's first meal at home!
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Good that you're going for something bigger.. But next week? thats really fast to feed him again tbh. How old is he? |
Just over two years, I know the breeder was feeding once a week with similar sized rats. Guess a larger feed every ten days is what I'll do.
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02-13-14, 04:40 PM
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Re: Mitch's first meal at home!
He is quite large for his age, for a dwarf male. Which is not surprising if the breeder fed him at that pace. You are free to do whatever you wish, but this is how i fed (feed) my retics.
0-6 months once a week.
6-12 months once every 10 days.
12 months and up - once every 2 weeks only if they forage.
Then i slowly decrease how often i offer them food, depending on how quickly they forage. Males always getting less than females.
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02-13-14, 04:52 PM
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Re: Mitch's first meal at home!
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He is quite large for his age, for a dwarf male. Which is not surprising if the breeder fed him at that pace. You are free to do whatever you wish, but this is how i fed (feed) my retics.
0-6 months once a week.
6-12 months once every 10 days.
12 months and up - once every 2 weeks only if they forage.
Then i slowly decrease how often i offer them food, depending on how quickly they forage. Males always getting less than females.
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Thanks for sharing this, he's my first Dwarf Retic and I'm still learning. Certainly enjoying this period though, he's a great snake and a joy to have.
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02-13-14, 05:07 PM
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Re: Mitch's first meal at home!
I bet you do, he is beautiful! Retics are great snakes, got to love them
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