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Help! Skinny corn?

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VioletS16

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Muscles is wild-caught and I have no idea of his real weight (I don't have anything to measure grams in) but I think he may be too skinny.

He's 2 feet long and still on fuzzies. They are the perfect size for him. Here's the most recent pic I have:

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Do you think he's too skinny? :(
 
Looks OK in that photo as far as I can see. His spine doesn't seem to be especially prominent, which is something that happens if they're underweight.

There's nothing in the pic that gives an idea of scale, but perhaps he's just from a naturally small bloodline?

W/C animals could be carrying a parasite load. Has he been wormed? If you're really worried about him then you could always get a fecal check done by a vet.
 
bitsy said:
Looks OK in that photo as far as I can see. His spine doesn't seem to be especially prominent, which is something that happens if they're underweight.

There's nothing in the pic that gives an idea of scale, but perhaps he's just from a naturally small bloodline?

W/C animals could be carrying a parasite load. Has he been wormed? If you're really worried about him then you could always get a fecal check done by a vet.
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I will. He eats and poops fine, great temperament and never skips a meal and is a good shedder. It just seems he is so small :( But no his spine doesn't show.

Unfortunatley as far as side views go this is as good as it gets but hopefully will give some idea of his spine:
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Looking at it his spine DOES look SLIGHTLY prominent. Should I give him more food? He's grown 11 inches in 10 months so he's not a slow grower. ALSO, I hear that corn snakes in Southern florida are smaller. I live in S/W Florida. Could this be it?
 
The general guideline is that the food you offer should be no more than 1.5 times the width of the body. If fuzzies leave a visible lump in his belly for 24-48 hours after eating, then they're the right size for him. If they're being digested faster then you can think of going up to the next size. In that case, you could try offering two fuzzies at once and see how that goes?
 
bitsy said:
The general guideline is that the food you offer should be no more than 1.5 times the width of the body. If fuzzies leave a visible lump in his belly for 24-48 hours after eating, then they're the right size for him. If they're being digested faster then you can think of going up to the next size. In that case, you could try offering two fuzzies at once and see how that goes?
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I think I'll try that next time :)
 
I was going to say that his spine does stick out a little, but I don't feel it's anything to worry about. Just feed him according to what Bitsy wrote, and he'll pick up. I have a few snakes myself who look like they are starving to death - Diablo and Socrates. They both are eating large mice and haven't refused any, but I've only had Socrates for a month or so. Diablo is just under 500 grams I think, gets all the extras when one of the smaller snakes refuse and has never regurged, yet he's still a very skinny six foot long snake. Socrates is 22 years old (a recent rescue) and is very kinked so his is probably genetic.
 
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