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| macs holtom |
Posted - 14/06/2012 : 23:28:18
iv got a one year old female ball python and she is really small compaired to my male. they are both the same age. i was just wondering if there is something i can do to get her to the usual size? or is it that she is the runt of the clutch. |
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| carlb1981 |
Posted - 15/06/2012 : 23:09:55
Yeah that's great thanks just making sure that i was told the right info at petshop |
| n/a |
Posted - 15/06/2012 : 23:06:06
Sounds about right to me though of course they're all different. With colubrids I go for a prey no larger than one and a half times the girth, and with a 3 month corn I'd be feeding weekly. Hope this helps. |
| carlb1981 |
Posted - 15/06/2012 : 22:57:38
Just out of curiosity how often should i be feeding my new corn at 3 months old she's on fuzzies |
| n/a |
Posted - 14/06/2012 : 23:39:18
lol you said it Blackskull - yeah
royal 0-400g feed every 5 days
400-800g every 7 days
800-1200g every 10 days
1200g+ every fortnight
devised by Blackecho and a very good guide too and yes as Blackskull says, 10/15% of royal's bodyweight. |
| n/a |
Posted - 14/06/2012 : 23:35:37
Hi - some royals just are small. I have one myself - when I bought her she was a year older than my first boy - and 50g lighter.
When you think about it, people are all shapes and sizes too.
As long as she's eating well and making a nice normal mess every so often, I don't think you need worry. There IS a method called 'power-feeding' but I'd avoid it like the plague - just leads to obese snakes and limited life expectancy imo.
Out of interest, what does she weigh? As before, there is a big variation in royal sizes - she may not be far out. |
| blackskull |
Posted - 14/06/2012 : 23:35:02
although they are the same year the female could have come from a clutch later in the year, taken longer to get feeding or both.
there is no usual size each snake is different. ideally you want to be feeding 10/15% the weight of the snake in prey size, i.e if the snake is 300g feed a 30g rat.
there is a feeding guide on here somewhere, if bats comes along she knows it off by heart |
