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Chip
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At 18"
it should take a fuzzy with no difficulty. In fact, assuming the girth is normal, I'd probably have it on them already. Monitor the first feeding. I bet it wharfs it down! Stepping up in food size always seems impossible, but they can fit a pretty fair-sized food item in. A rule of thumb is (minus fur or feathers) 1 and 1/2 the diameter of the snakes' girth. Is this a 2002 hatchling? If so, dont worry 'bout a thing.
it should take a fuzzy with no difficulty. In fact, assuming the girth is normal, I'd probably have it on them already. Monitor the first feeding. I bet it wharfs it down! Stepping up in food size always seems impossible, but they can fit a pretty fair-sized food item in. A rule of thumb is (minus fur or feathers) 1 and 1/2 the diameter of the snakes' girth. Is this a 2002 hatchling? If so, dont worry 'bout a thing.
I got him a month ago from my cousin, so I just fed him pinkys for a month ( it's stressfull enough moving home's I don't want to bug him with feeding him new food) Now that he's settled in I want to get him eating bigger food.
P.S I think he's a red milk. He looks like them. Take note to their their size.
http://www.kingsnake.com/king/triangulum/syspila.html
P.S I think he's a red milk. He looks like them. Take note to their their size.
http://www.kingsnake.com/king/triangulum/syspila.html
Oh I also posted here about me getting my snake a month ago too.
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6303
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6303
Chip
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Can you post a picture?
Geez, that needs to be my signature these days! I can ID it if you can send me one. Look up eastern milks, too. They are similar and seem to have lots more specimens in the hobby (at least in my area). But with either species, and both are on the small side as milks go, you should be feeding them multiple fuzzies or hoppers at three years of age. Or see how many pinkies it will eat! My money is on ten. Any takers?
Frankly, the snake should be nearing adult size now if properly fed. The only exception would be the giants (Equadorian, Honduran, or the massive gaigae) which might have a foot of growing to do at three y.o.
Geez, that needs to be my signature these days!
I can ID it if you can send me one. Look up eastern milks, too. They are similar and seem to have lots more specimens in the hobby (at least in my area). But with either species, and both are on the small side as milks go, you should be feeding them multiple fuzzies or hoppers at three years of age. Or see how many pinkies it will eat! My money is on ten. Any takers? Frankly, the snake should be nearing adult size now if properly fed. The only exception would be the giants (Equadorian, Honduran, or the massive gaigae) which might have a foot of growing to do at three y.o.
CornCrazy
What's one more???
elrojo...
so it is normal for milks to prefer fuzzies or hoppers over larger mice even at that age? I have a Tangerine Honduran that is 2 years old and weighs 330 grams. I don't know exactly when she was born, but she is an '01. I've not been able to get her to eat anything except fuzzies until recently. She will also eat rat pinkies, but they are only a little larger than the mice fuzzies.
so it is normal for milks to prefer fuzzies or hoppers over larger mice even at that age? I have a Tangerine Honduran that is 2 years old and weighs 330 grams. I don't know exactly when she was born, but she is an '01. I've not been able to get her to eat anything except fuzzies until recently. She will also eat rat pinkies, but they are only a little larger than the mice fuzzies.
Chip
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Yep!
Well, I wouldn't say "normal" but I've had my share that would eat 6 fuzzies, but circle around a small mouse (that they could easily take) and show interest. And move it with their snout. And press on it. And it would still be in the cage in the morning. Their heads are NOT too small. Siblings who are so inclined have no issues stepping up in size. Strangely, this never happpens with black milks (gaigae). They may insist on live and be slow to switch over, but that's the worst.
I'd keep the rat pinks coming. Any way to get enough nutrition coming is a plus. Also, lizard scenting a small mouse (any large food item) can work wonders. Hondurans seem pre-disposed to taking reptiles eagerly...
My 2 cents, only... I've only personally worked with 5 "L.t." species.
Well, I wouldn't say "normal" but I've had my share that would eat 6 fuzzies, but circle around a small mouse (that they could easily take) and show interest. And move it with their snout. And press on it. And it would still be in the cage in the morning.
Their heads are NOT too small. Siblings who are so inclined have no issues stepping up in size. Strangely, this never happpens with black milks (gaigae). They may insist on live and be slow to switch over, but that's the worst. I'd keep the rat pinks coming. Any way to get enough nutrition coming is a plus. Also, lizard scenting a small mouse (any large food item) can work wonders. Hondurans seem pre-disposed to taking reptiles eagerly...
My 2 cents, only... I've only personally worked with 5 "L.t." species.
CornCrazy
What's one more???
That's very interesting...
So, elrojo, in your opinion are rat pinkies more or less nutritious than mouse fuzzies?
I started trying rat a couple of weeks ago. I was really surprised that so many of my snakes accepted them. Until a couple of weeks ago, I had no idea that rats were supposed to be more nutritous than mice. Out of the 26 of my snakes that I offered rats (pinkies, pups, and small rats) to, only 5 refused them. These same 5 refused them last week as well. The ones that refused them were: 2 corns, 1 creamsicle, and 2 kings. Pretty balanced, I guess. I did think it was kind of weird that 2 out of 3 of my kings refused, however. I thought that kings were supposed to eat anything.
The milk snake I was talking about earlier ate 4 rat pinkies. She normally eats around 5-6 mouse fuzzies.
So, elrojo, in your opinion are rat pinkies more or less nutritious than mouse fuzzies?
I started trying rat a couple of weeks ago. I was really surprised that so many of my snakes accepted them. Until a couple of weeks ago, I had no idea that rats were supposed to be more nutritous than mice. Out of the 26 of my snakes that I offered rats (pinkies, pups, and small rats) to, only 5 refused them. These same 5 refused them last week as well. The ones that refused them were: 2 corns, 1 creamsicle, and 2 kings. Pretty balanced, I guess. I did think it was kind of weird that 2 out of 3 of my kings refused, however. I thought that kings were supposed to eat anything.
The milk snake I was talking about earlier ate 4 rat pinkies. She normally eats around 5-6 mouse fuzzies.
bobknaptor
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What is the current format of the picture? Many photo editing programs have a very simple "save as" feature that will let you save the photo as a gif, jpg, bmp, tif, whatever. I believe that even a program as basic as "Paint" that comes with windows has this feature.