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Old 04-29-03, 04:24 AM   #1
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feeding a pregnant female

How often should you feed a pregnant female corn snake, i currently feed my snakes once a week, should i increase this or keep it the same?
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Old 04-29-03, 12:33 PM   #2
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feeding once a week is good enough. But feed her as much as she wants. Cause once she is packed with eggs she might not eat anymore. At that time, you'll want to offer her smaller prey items like hoppers, fuzzies or even pinkies....and see if she wants to get those to get just a bit more energy boost to her. If she wants it then it's great....if not then it's fine too....cause she just might be too full with eggs (which is good for you and I would think quite hard on the female.....since she is carrying all these eggs....lol)

but make sure you offer her some food after she lays. Cause it's a real long and hard process for them. It's much better for them to recover from the hard work!

Good luck and Hope to see eggs soon!
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Old 04-30-03, 10:48 AM   #3
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mine seem to usually stop eating 3 weeks before the laying date but up until that point as much small prey as they will take.
 
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