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'05 Passes 100 Gram Mark

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Roy Munson

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I just weighed Poison, my early '05 Anery female, and she is now at 106.7 grams. Here are some pics. In the corner of one of them I pasted a small pic of her "skull and crossbones" saddle-- the one that suggested her name to me.

1 hopper every sixth day.
 

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I swear I am sending you my hatchlings.

1 hopper every 6 days....sure, but how often were you feeding her pinkies?
 
You definitely must have isolated that Snake Growth Hormone, Dean. Cool snake, but I feed mine pretty well and they are nothing like that :cool:
 
Roy,

Beautiful animal! Wow! I have to get one of THOSE! (Pretty. Pretty.) =)

And let me guess...one small meal per week? I know that sounds crazy, but I've dealt mostly with BPs and have had the same success in growth. Almost everyone I know tries to bulk up their animals by overfeeding, while every single BP I've ever owned has been a phenominal grower on a single small meal per week regimen. (Pete Kahl mentioned once how large both my Het Pied females were for their age. And he had no idea they had been off feed for the prior three months too! LOL) I have absolutely NO idea how it works, but my animals are all super fast growers on only a single small meal per week. Now why is that???

Chris
 
Joejr14 said:
I swear I am sending you my hatchlings.

1 hopper every 6 days....sure, but how often were you feeding her pinkies?
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:roflmao: This cracked me up.

I'm attaching her summary records for 2005. Remember that if there is a 2 in the "Pinky x2" row, it means that there is only one event, but two prey items are counted. Turns out to be 42 prey items in 39 weeks... hardly powerfeeding. She just packs on the grams!
 

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ultimuttone said:
You definitely must have isolated that Snake Growth Hormone, Dean. Cool snake, but I feed mine pretty well and they are nothing like that :cool:
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Thanks. Believe me, I have other '05s who are nothing like her either. :awcrap:


mdorfer said:
Dusted in Creatine :grin01:
Nice, picture #4 is best, remember, less finger more hair :crazy02:
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I'd take your advice, but I'm self-conscious about my under-developed forearms; I've been using all my enhancement drugs on my snakes! :grin01:

CJBianco said:
I have absolutely NO idea how it works, but my animals are all super fast growers on only a single small meal per week. Now why is that???
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Sometimes I suspect that there is a metabolic trade-off to over-feeding that may actually hinder growth. Digestion is calorie-burning work. I think there is a balance where snakes can be fed the perfect prey mass and frequency for optimal prey item assimilation. The hard part is finding that balance point. :)
 
its funny dean, i am having a hard time moving my 05's up to fuzzies...only two of 7 are on them. the rest are on pinks and not gaining that much weight really.
 
jzal8 said:
its funny dean, i am having a hard time moving my 05's up to fuzzies...only two of 7 are on them. the rest are on pinks and not gaining that much weight really.
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Out of 26 '05s I only have 4 on fuzzies.They range from May to August hatch dates. One of those is almost ready for hoppers and a few are getting close to fuzzies-but still not huge amount of growth even in the largest ones.
How do you determine "optimal" feeding?
 
jzal8 said:
its funny dean, i am having a hard time moving my 05's up to fuzzies...only two of 7 are on them. the rest are on pinks and not gaining that much weight really.
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ultimuttone said:
Out of 26 '05s I only have 4 on fuzzies.They range from May to August hatch dates. One of those is almost ready for hoppers and a few are getting close to fuzzies-but still not huge amount of growth even in the largest ones.
How do you determine "optimal" feeding?
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About half of my 21 '05s are still on one or two large pinkies. They're all so different. I've got three '05s on hoppers. I don't know how "optimal feeding" can be determined. If I knew, all of my '05s would be 60+ grams (as some of my summer '05s are). I supplement with vitamins, calcium, and Nutri-bac at every feeding (butt dust). When they're still on pinks, I'm very liberal with their feeding frequency. I pretty much estimate what each snake can handle. (And I've made mistakes.) When they go to multiple large pinks, or fuzzies, the feeding frequency becomes almost completely regimented: 2 large pinks every fifth day, 1 fuzzy/hopper every sixth day.
 
I'll have to try the supplementing at every feeding. I have only been doing once a month-maybe that would be the difference.?
 
What is in the supplement that was mentioned on this thread? I don't recognize the name of it? You dust the mouse with it every feed? :)

Rebecca
 
pgr8dnlvr said:
What is in the supplement that was mentioned on this thread? I don't recognize the name of it? You dust the mouse with it every feed? :)

Rebecca
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Nutri-Bac? You can order it from Kathy Love's Cornutopia site. It's a probiotic, so it contains beneficial gut microfauna. I use a 1:1:1 mixture of Rep-Cal Herptivite, Tetrafauna ReptoCal, and Nutri-Bac. I dust the back third, or so, of any prey item with this mixture at every feeding.
 
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