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| ViolentJ |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 13:34:28
Was holding my Royal today and noticed he didn't feel as firm underneath as my Corn did. At the moment he's on 1 rat weaner once a week. He's an 07 hatch.
Should I increase his food size or feed him 2 weaners from now on / for a while?
I haven't tried weighing him yet.
Here's a couple of pics if it helps:
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| Gingerpony |
Posted - 31/10/2009 : 21:51:02
how big were the mice and how big is the royal..................?
but whatever the answer, yes, it's likely to be normal |
| scarredlithium09 |
Posted - 31/10/2009 : 00:39:15
my royal python has ate 4 mini mice over the past month and still hasnt had a poo is this normal??? |
| karl |
Posted - 18/10/2009 : 14:23:37
looks like he could take small rats no problems there |
| hiper2009 |
Posted - 11/10/2009 : 22:21:16
What a fantasic looking royal  |
| Robert |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 20:32:03
I agree with Boze above that you should aim for a feed 10%-15% of his body weight and nothing larger than 1.5 times the size of his head, he does look pretty good to me from the photos though :) They sometimes do get a little slack underneath especially when they go a few days without food but usually they fill up nicely when they have eaten, my normal royal went for 10 days without food then fed consecutively for 4 nights !! lol and filled up again very nicely :) |
| Gingerpony |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 20:01:47
Royals do feel different to corns as they're a heavier-bodied species so don't be alarmed  |
| boze |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 19:39:00
The food item should be about as big as the thickest part of his body, or 10-15% of his body weight.
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| ViolentJ |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 16:15:50
As I said in my post he's eating one rat weaner a week.
I'll see if I can weigh and measure him and also weigh the weaners he's eating.
When I bought him at the end of June I was told he was on weaners and he's shed once since that time. |
| wolfspirit |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 15:11:22
As Lee says he looks nice and chunky in the shots so to me he is fine...but it is hard to tell in photos..you need to weigh him,
they can be any size, it will depend really on how well they fed before or any health problems that might slow down growth all kinds of things,
looking at him he looks fine, what are you currently feeding him? |
| lee2308 |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 14:31:37
He looks chunky in the first pic and looks like he could have a small rat,but that depends on his wieght and the weights of the prey from your supplier |
