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macs holtom
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 14/06/2012 : 23:28:18
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| 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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blackskull
Fully Grown Royal
United Kingdom
1278 Posts |
Posted - 14/06/2012 : 23:35:02
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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 |
1.1 normal royal, sully, silver
0.1 pinstripe royal, penny
1.1 pastel royal, lars, clover
0.1 lesser royal, serenity
0.1 black pastel royal, betty
0.1 mojave royal, mavis
0.1 normal het clown
1.0 pastel het clown
1.0 nuclear, ned
1.0 super phantom
1.0 childrens python, myles
0.1 hog island boa
0.1 sonoran x boa, grace
0.0.1 mack snow leopard gecko, munchkin
4.1 cats, stan, dave, marble, binx, daisy
4.1 rabbits, mol, ted, bill, spud, alice
0.1 crazy cat/bunny lady of bridgwater, lucy |
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Posted - 14/06/2012 : 23:35:37
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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. |
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Posted - 14/06/2012 : 23:39:18
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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. |
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carlb1981
Fully Grown Royal
United Kingdom
1527 Posts |
Posted - 15/06/2012 : 22:57:38
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| Just out of curiosity how often should i be feeding my new corn at 3 months old she's on fuzzies |
3.3.0 Royals,Yellow Belly -Marty,Fire YB-Fred,Mojave-Mo,Butter Pinstripe-Betty,Pewter-Newt,Normal-Molly
0.1.0 Snow Cornsnake- Lumi
1.1.0 Hypo Sonoran Dwarf Boa-Bart and Maggie
0.1.0 Albino Pine Snake-Ruby
1.0.0 Bredli Python-Brian
1.0.0 Western Hognose-Hal
1.0.0 Kayuadi Retic-Kaa
0.1.0 Honduran Milksnake-Jubbly
1.1.0 Salmon Boas-Hershey and Sam
0.2.0 Leopard Geckos-Spot and Chocolate
1.4.0 Dune Geckos
0.1.0 Beardie-Cookie
0.3.7 Tarantulas
0.0.1 Pandinus Imperator/emperor scorpion
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Posted - 15/06/2012 : 23:06:06
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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. |
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carlb1981
Fully Grown Royal
United Kingdom
1527 Posts |
Posted - 15/06/2012 : 23:09:55
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| Yeah that's great thanks just making sure that i was told the right info at petshop |
3.3.0 Royals,Yellow Belly -Marty,Fire YB-Fred,Mojave-Mo,Butter Pinstripe-Betty,Pewter-Newt,Normal-Molly
0.1.0 Snow Cornsnake- Lumi
1.1.0 Hypo Sonoran Dwarf Boa-Bart and Maggie
0.1.0 Albino Pine Snake-Ruby
1.0.0 Bredli Python-Brian
1.0.0 Western Hognose-Hal
1.0.0 Kayuadi Retic-Kaa
0.1.0 Honduran Milksnake-Jubbly
1.1.0 Salmon Boas-Hershey and Sam
0.2.0 Leopard Geckos-Spot and Chocolate
1.4.0 Dune Geckos
0.1.0 Beardie-Cookie
0.3.7 Tarantulas
0.0.1 Pandinus Imperator/emperor scorpion
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my royal is extremly small and is worrying me :/
