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cumbrian eejit
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Posted - 27/08/2014 :  01:18:43  Show Profile  Click to see cumbrian eejit's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Just weighed and measured Kei, weighed in at 243g and measured 20"
Thats a gain of 62g in just 8 days and in that time she has emptied herself 3 times,
Edited by - Lotabob on 28/08/2014 11:35:31

Alves76
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Posted - 27/08/2014 :  07:30:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
That's some going. Did she eat more than once in those 8 days? How heavy were the rats she fed on?
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cumbrian eejit
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Posted - 27/08/2014 :  16:25:42  Show Profile  Click to see cumbrian eejit's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Because she's so small for her age, I started feeding her every 5 days, but on her last feed she took 3 medium mice as she was still prowling afterwards, she's still to be transitioned over to rats as her previous owner was wanting to keep her on mice.
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Alves76
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Posted - 27/08/2014 :  18:15:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
At least she has a good appetite
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Lotabob
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Posted - 28/08/2014 :  11:34:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It is highly improbable that the amount of gain is the snake physically. More than likely water and food intake sitting in the gut.

Care not to power feed. 3 prey items is a bit much stick to two max but combined they should be no more than 10-15% of the snakes body weight.

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Blackecho
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Posted - 02/09/2014 :  18:38:25  Show Profile  Click to see Blackecho's MSN Messenger address  Send Blackecho a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Good luck converting to rats mate.


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