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16 inches when should I feed him fuzzies

I put mine on fuzzies after 3 months, they were about 16ins, as soon as they eat pinkies in seconds and it hardly leaves a lump, then its probably time to up food size.
 
what size tank...

do you have now? 10 gallon? i upgraded to 20 gallon when my snake was six months old because i was having difficulty controlling the temperature in the viv...if you are not having the same issue you are probably alright for a while with the enclosure you have your snake in. as long as their is room for him to climb and slither around and it's not real cramped in there he should be fine for a while...i would think.
 
My hatchling (few months old) is in a 25 gallon tank, but has TONS of places to hide.

The rule for food is 1.5x the largest size of their body, and try to give one meal, rather than 2-3 small ones (more nutrition in the larger mouse).

Mine is 21" and on 1-2 pinkies still, every 7 days (because he's very thin). I'm upping to fuzzies as soon as these pinkies are gone (couple more weeks). I MIGHT up to 3 small pinkies, but I'm unsure if he can handle that. The overfeeding thing scares me a little, but I think he's underweight.
 
Spirit said:
The rule for food is 1.5x the largest size of their body, and try to give one meal, rather than 2-3 small ones (more nutrition in the larger mouse).
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Um... yes and no. I try not to give my snakes anything too large. I try to stick with prey just slightly bigger around than the snake's body, not necessarily 1.5x. I also always recommend giving 2 pinkies for a few meals and seeing how that goes before switching to fuzzies. Same thing goes for each time you move up to larger prey.

I guess you said something similar in the rest of your post, but I wouldn't want someone feeding a fuzzy to their snake and finding out it was too big via regurgitation, while 2 pinkies might have been digested just fine.
 
Oops. I typed too fast. I meant to say "no larger than" 1.5x the thickest part of their body. I do the same, which is why I'm relucatant to give Max a fuzzy. Last weekend I gave him a large pinky and I was afraid even that was too large. 2 smalls are fine, but this one pinky was pretty huge.

Any tips for fattening them up? How thick is a 21" corn supposed to be for good health?
 
This is after one large pinky. (for comparrison purposes)
 

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Spirit said:
Any tips for fattening them up? How thick is a 21" corn supposed to be for good health?
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You said you're feeding every 7 days. Well, if your worried he's not growing well enough, you can probably step up the feeding to every 5 days. I currently have 18 hatchlings to feed, so I'm only feeding every 7 days, but if I only had a few to care for, I would be feeding every 5 days.

Hum? I really don't remember how thick an almost 2 foot long snake should be. I dont currently have any that size right now. I'm guessing about the diameter of a dime?

That photo shows a pretty good sized meal in it's belly. I wouldn't feed it anything larger than that.
 
Spirit said:
Oops. I typed too fast. I meant to say "no larger than" 1.5x the thickest part of their body. I do the same, which is why I'm relucatant to give Max a fuzzy. Last weekend I gave him a large pinky and I was afraid even that was too large. 2 smalls are fine, but this one pinky was pretty huge.

Any tips for fattening them up? How thick is a 21" corn supposed to be for good health?
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I can't get an accurate length measurement on both of my corns, but my Amel is at least 2 inches over 24", and my Snow is right around 24". The snow is fatter, so I just pulled him out and measured his girth. About 2 1/2". I did that with just a piece of string around their midsection and then laying that out and measuring it.

It's interesting how you're still feeding your corn pinkies. Mine have been off fuzzies for at least 2 months now, and are up to hoppers/very small adult mice. The petstore/reptile shop down the street doesn't sell hoppers, so it's either fuzzies or mice, and I usually elect to go with the small mice, which are actually hoppers. What I've always been told was that if you cannot see the lump 24-48 hours after feeding, you need to step it up to the next size mouse. When I feed mine the hoppers there is usually no lump left after day 2. Just last week I got a pinkie for another small snake I was holding and it refused to eat it, so I gave it to my Amel instead of wasting it. It didn't even leave a lump in it's body, so obviously for mine there was just no real point in feeding them fuzzies or pinkies. I'll post a picture of my Amel and Snow here momentarily.
 
Or feed more then 1 pinkie. 2, perhaps 3. 1/3 of their length is stomache. This seems a bit little to me.
 
Amanda E said:
That photo shows a pretty good sized meal in it's belly. I wouldn't feed it anything larger than that.
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That was from just the one large pinky, but as a rule I usually feed two, unless the one pinky is abnormally large. He's long, but he's thin, and because he's several months old, I don't fully understand the feeding rule.

I'm going to measure his girth later today.
 
Jicin said:
Or feed more then 1 pinkie. 2, perhaps 3. 1/3 of their length is stomache. This seems a bit little to me.
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3 pinkies is a $6 meal, wheras one fuzzy (or hopper) costs no more than $2.50. I've been feeding 2 pinks because I bought too many, but what I'm going to do from this week on, is up to fuzzies, then feed one fuzzy and (when he's ready) 1 fuzz + 1 pink. I have 3 pinkies left and not only is the nutrition value too low for a snake his age (I would think), but a $6 meal is rediculous. I don't even eat $6 meals, for crying out loud.
 
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