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Brent09
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 03/01/2010 : 20:56:19
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My Royal's roughly 5 months old and currently feeding on medium mice.
I've been told to move him on to large but I'm not really too sure, my Corn's the exact same, she's feeding on mediums too and I've been told the same about her.
Although I'm really not sure if they could handle it, I don't want to try incase they choke or something so how can I tell if they need larger food?
I've timed the feeds but they don't seem to be getting any quicker at eating mediums even though they've both been on mediums for a month to 3/4 months.
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/01/2010 : 21:04:11
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Very likely that it could take a large mouse.
How much does your Royal weigh?
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Brent09
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
24 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 21:09:48
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The guy I bought her from said he was only feeding her small mice but she's fine with mediums, I've only fed her twice from I got her 3 weeks ago as I had no way of getting food over the holidays but today I fed her a biggish medium and she handled it fine so I suppose I could try a large.
I have no idea what she weighs, never thought about checking but I'll do it in a day or two as she only ate a few hours ago.
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
11327 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 21:59:21
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Brent09
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
24 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 22:06:36
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Sounds good, thanks for the advice :)
This site owns lol |
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Gingerpony
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
2663 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 22:18:32
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| once you're happy she's regularly taking mice i'd recommend trying her with a rat pup/fuzzy the same size as the mice you usually feed. the earlier you get them used to rats the better as it can be pretty stressful (more for owners though! lol) trying to get them onto rats at a later date.... |
Dumerils boas, BCO hybrids, Sinder Hypo boas, cornsnakes, ratsnakes, Day Geckos
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chris100575
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/01/2010 : 10:19:09
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| I feed prey the same diameter as the thickest part of the snake as I don't regularly weigh mine. |
0.1.0 Royal Python - Princess
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Prey Size.
