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ViolentJ
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
30 Posts |
 Posted - 06/10/2009 : 13:34:28
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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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lee2308
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
2597 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 14:31:37
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| 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 |
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wolfspirit
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
5741 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 15:11:22
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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? |
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ViolentJ
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
30 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 16:15:50
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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. |
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boze
Yearling
United Kingdom
408 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 19:39:00
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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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Gingerpony
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
2663 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 20:01:47
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Royals do feel different to corns as they're a heavier-bodied species so don't be alarmed  |
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Robert
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
957 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 20:32:03
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| 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 :) |
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hiper2009
Yearling
United Kingdom
259 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2009 : 22:21:16
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What a fantasic looking royal  |
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karl
Fully Grown Royal
1069 Posts |
Posted - 18/10/2009 : 14:23:37
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| looks like he could take small rats no problems there |
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scarredlithium09
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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Posted - 31/10/2009 : 00:39:15
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| my royal python has ate 4 mini mice over the past month and still hasnt had a poo is this normal??? |
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Gingerpony
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
2663 Posts |
Posted - 31/10/2009 : 21:51:02
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how big were the mice and how big is the royal..................?
but whatever the answer, yes, it's likely to be normal |
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