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kneon light
Egg
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 29/01/2012 : 20:52:40
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Martha is doing well and putting on weight :)
The time has come to move her up to 2 pinkies. My question is how long do you leave between the first and the second pinkie?
I was thinking of offering her the second pinkie as soon as she had finished swallowing the first. Is this correct? |
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CentricMalteser85
Banned Again
United Kingdom
131 Posts |
Posted - 29/01/2012 : 21:00:45
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Straight after the first
I usually wait until the bulge from her first is a little way down, and then offer the 2nd
and I would say 2 pinkies between 5 and 7 days
if after 5 feeds she is taking 2 pinkies you might want 2 consider moving up to one fuzzy every 5 days |
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kdlang
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3556 Posts |
Posted - 29/01/2012 : 22:19:42
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| I usually wait until the first one has moved down a bit and the snake has started to move around again. |
4.1.0 corns - Izzy (Carolina) Alice (Amel) Peanut (Butter Motley) Swayze (Ghost) Carmellia (Butter Motley)
0.1.0 cat - Kizzy
1.0.0 Dog - Dobbie
Location - Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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Kath
Yearling
United Kingdom
697 Posts |
Posted - 31/01/2012 : 15:19:05
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Hi, we do same as what kdlang has already said.
We started giving Cornelius 2 pinkies a couple of weeks ago & it's going well & he's putting weight on which is also good.  |
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mkmattyk
banned
United Kingdom
837 Posts |
Posted - 31/01/2012 : 16:35:55
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yeah i would echo kdlang
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kneon light
Egg
United Kingdom
51 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2012 : 09:04:40
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| Thanks for the advice guys - she took 2 pinkies with no problems :) |
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Kath
Yearling
United Kingdom
697 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2012 : 12:14:37
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| Glad to hear it kneon! We were worried when we first gave Cornelius his first 2 together but, fingers crossed, he seems fine taking them. |
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Blackcat
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1235 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2012 : 14:36:07
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Glad she took the two pinkies ok, always worrying when changing feeds. My Zeus took two pinkies with ease but I was worried when I moved him up to fuzzies.
Morse however is still on one pinkie and I'm worried to move him up to two as I have had a couple of regurges in the past with him!
Will have to be brave at some point soon. |
0.0.2 Corn snakes - Morse & Zeus
1.1.0 Brazillian Rainbow Boa's - Indigo & Ruby
0.0.2 Columbian Rainbow Boa's - Orinoco & Tobago
1.0.0 House snake - Hoggle
0.1.0 Crested Gecko - Ludo
2.0.0 cats (RIP Zebee), 0.1.0 Dog, 2.0.0 Horses |
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Donnie
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3215 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2012 : 21:25:37
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| How do you know when would be the right time to move up to feeding 2 pinkies? I have only just fed my 1st snake for the first time tonight and once the pinkie was a third down the body the bulge was not that noticeable in it. |
1.1 Corns (Anery Stripe, Amel) 1.0 Rootbeer 0.2 Jungle Carpet Python 1.0 Zebra Jungle Carpet Python 1.0 50% Diamond Zebra Carpet Python |
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tordyjo
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2036 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2012 : 21:30:12
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| Hi Donnie, i would give a couple of feeds of single pinkies first just so you know how well he feeds, any problems etc, if after a couple of feeds there is still no noticeable lump and he's feeding well try 2 |
 Lilly Crystal Harry
1.2.0 corns, 1.1.0 cats tropical guppies who continually breed
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Donnie
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3215 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2012 : 21:36:05
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| Thanks, should I keep the single pinkie feeds at 7 day intervals or should I reduce the time by a day? According to the dates that I got with her she has been regular on 7 day feeds apart from once where it was 10 days (hatched in September if it helps). |
1.1 Corns (Anery Stripe, Amel) 1.0 Rootbeer 0.2 Jungle Carpet Python 1.0 Zebra Jungle Carpet Python 1.0 50% Diamond Zebra Carpet Python |
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tordyjo
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2036 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2012 : 21:39:39
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| The shops keep them to 7 days as maintenance, basically enough to keep them alive, but not really enough to grow, i would go every 5 -7 days |
LillyCrystalHarry
1.2.0 corns, 1.1.0 cats tropical guppies who continually breed
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CentricMalteser85
Banned Again
United Kingdom
131 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2012 : 03:48:05
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not 100% set in stone, but pretty much an idea of feeding below
single pinky every 5 days
2 pinkies every 5 - 7 days
1 fluffy every 5 - 7 days
if neccessary 2 fluffs every 7 days
1 small mouse every 7 days
1 medium/large mouse every 7 - 10 days
you move to the next level, when you hardly see a bulge or there is no bulge whilst maintaing the size of the prey to 1.5x the widest girth of snakey
some keepers have snakes that can go from 1 fluffy to 1 small mice, and others step it by giving 2 fluffys
when serving 2 prey, wait until the first one is swallowed, snakey moves about then offer the second |
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