Heya all, Can someone tell me if my snake is overweight? I thought she looked a bit odd and after a lot of researching online I started to get paranoid....
She eats once every 7 to 10 days. She gets a lot of exercise and loves to climb.
I've been told that snakes will eat anything 1.5x their size so I decided to go a step up from fuzzies and feed her a small mouse. She immediately went for it but took her a good 20 minutes to swallow.
If a snake will eat it, does that mean its the right thing to feed? Or should I go back to fuzzies?
Do you reckon I should continue feeding her small mice if she goes for them or should I just give her 2 fluffs? (she asks for more if i give her just one)
What's her weight just now? I would stick with the small mouse now she's taken one. I always think one larger meal is better than 2 small ones. Kings ALWAYS ask for more. I gave my big albino cali a rat weaner and he ate it and sat there asking what was for dessert
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what a beautiful snake! I'm gonna start mine on fuzzies but I didn't think you could give them two lots of prey in the same day. No wonder mine's always looking hopefully at me through the viv! lol :-)
what a beautiful snake! I'm gonna start mine on fuzzies but I didn't think you could give them two lots of prey in the same day. No wonder mine's always looking hopefully at me through the viv! lol :-)
Yeah you can give 2 prey items a time. I never give more than 2 before upping the feed xx
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Is my snake overweight?
Posted - 09/04/2012 : 19:32:51
