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feeding! ( im a little worried)

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ella pearce

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ok, my cornsnake elowen is 8 months old she is 43 grams and i feed her fluffs and i have seen that there is some people that have a cornsnake 47 grams and give them hoppers
i have looked at the munson feeding plan and was going by that but as i have now seen this i have got a little worried im not doing something

not sure what to do ( help please would be great )
(any questions about my corn to help me gets the answer for mine would also be great)
 
I typically don't feed hoppers until a snake is at least 55-60 grams and then it depends on the snake and it's only a 10g hopper. One of my snakes was 80g before she started hoppers as she regurged the first 10g one I gave her at 65g. My others have had no issue switching at 55g.
 
It is MUCH easier to overfeed than to underfeed.
Don't make the same mistake I did. While your snake is young, make sure you don't overfeed.

I followed all the sources I read, and ended up with a fat snake. I guess my snake's a "slow grower" and needs a different kind of plan.
1-2 rodents every week was WAY too much. I wish I had gone with 1 every two weeks.

So take your time before jumping up to hoppers and adults... there is no rush.
 
Rather than going by the names (hoppers, fluffs etc) just go by the weight of your snake (43 grams is fine at her age, she's growing nicely) and the weight of the food item. Overfeeding can make your snake seriously ill if it regurgitates too-big prey items and power-feeding can shorten their life-span.
At 43g I personally wouldn't go bigger than 7-8g per food item, every 6 days
 
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