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| Simonas |
Posted - 26/11/2009 : 22:30:24
My Royal is 3 1/2 foot long male and its been about 950g for few weeks.
I fed it a rat from a different shop the other day and it was 190g!! The Royal ate him straight away but you could see the lump for about 4 days and you can feel the weight difference. was that a bad thing to do and would it have a detrimental effect on his health
Its feeding day tomorrow and not sure whether to feed him or not
He weighs 1085g tonight |
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| Simonas |
Posted - 29/11/2009 : 00:36:28
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Originally posted by Gingerpony
quote:
Originally posted by Simonas
The Royal ate him straight away but you could see the lump for about 4 days...
with an over-sized prey item its a race between digestion and decay in the snake's stomach. if it's digested, then great! but if 'decay' wins you could end up with a bloated, uncomfortable, potentially poisoned snake or at best a horrible regurge with the associated problems with getting them feeding again.
glad you got away with it this time 
aye lesson learned I am still a beginner in all this?
cheers for advice |
| Gingerpony |
Posted - 28/11/2009 : 20:13:35
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Originally posted by Simonas
The Royal ate him straight away but you could see the lump for about 4 days...
with an over-sized prey item its a race between digestion and decay in the snake's stomach. if it's digested, then great! but if 'decay' wins you could end up with a bloated, uncomfortable, potentially poisoned snake or at best a horrible regurge with the associated problems with getting them feeding again.
glad you got away with it this time |
| Simonas |
Posted - 27/11/2009 : 20:17:50
no probs I weigh everything I feed now I have digi scales lol |
| Blackecho |
Posted - 27/11/2009 : 08:22:20
I meant size wise, as in for you must have weighed it to know it was 190g before. Anyway, its done now and as a one-off, no harm done.  |
| Simonas |
Posted - 27/11/2009 : 07:51:24
I didn;t know it was too big before I fed Blackecho.the guy in the shop said it was fine as it was a small rat same as I buy from another shop which isusually about 100g. I fed it but then had reservations when it was going down his throat.... too late then and clearly I couldsee the lump during the week
I normally feed on a friday but clearly I will skip a week this week |
| Blackecho |
Posted - 27/11/2009 : 07:12:03
If you knew it was too big, why did you give it to him?
No you won't have done any harm as a one off, but I'd give him a couple of weeks before feeding again.
As with Spor, the max I'd give is 15%. |
| spor |
Posted - 27/11/2009 : 01:04:36
150g is probably best to keep as your max at the moment. larger item will take longer to digest. feeding to large a pery item can cause internal damage so you just need to be careful. how often do you feed? |
