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Whats the best way to fatten up your snake if he is underweight?

I have a 3 year old male corn that weighs 658g lots of people have been telling me they see spine and I only saw it myself today that he does seem a little underweight.

I gave him a mouse and a rat on Saturday small ones the rat didn't even have his eyes open yet.

Should I feed him more often or just more food on feedings.

Thanks for the help

He did eat well BTW
 
I don't think we strive to "fatten up" our snakes. That sounds like a pretty god size snake to me. I have an '07 male that is 215g and he isn't 'skinny'. If you haven't already check out the 'munson feeding plan'.
 
I thought your guy only looked a little bit thin, not enough to really be concerned. If you give him a mouse that is about 1 1/2 times his girth (at the largest part of his body) about once per week, his weight should even out just fine. Once his spine is no longer visible, you can offer the same size mouse less often.
 
Rats have more fat than mice, don't feed him that much again. He does look a LITTLE thin, but all that means is that he needs to be on a good diet. Try an appropriate sized mouse every 9-10 days or so. You can refer to the Munson feeding plan if you're unsure what to feed. Also try switching to frozen/thawed. You do have plans for a larger tank, right? Saw your other thread and couldn't help but mention that lol.
 
While he may need to put on a "little" weight don't over feed. From experience once they get fat it is very hard to thin them down.
I still wonder on his 600+ grms, how did you weigh him. His size compared to tank size just does not screem that weight. I looked back at pics of my guys and my biggest snake Oz topped at a kilo when I had him. This thread of him he didn't weigh 600 grms. http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64117

At any rate don't try to 'fatten' him up.
 
susang said:
While he may need to put on a "little" weight don't over feed. From experience once they get fat it is very hard to thin them down.
I still wonder on his 600+ grms, how did you weigh him. His size compared to tank size just does not screem that weight. I looked back at pics of my guys and my biggest snake Oz topped at a kilo when I had him. This thread of him he didn't weigh 600 grms. http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64117

At any rate don't try to 'fatten' him up.
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Sorry wrong link same snake it second pic that is a forty breeder viv.
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60783
 
I'm really wondering if this snake is underweight. 600 grams for a corn that is probably 48-60 inches seems right. Now if this snake was over 72 inches I might wonder a bit. And that is a teenie tiny bit.

I think your worrying for not. If you are feeding one appropriate sized mouse every 14-21 days then you are doing right. Keep handling for exercise and I think your good.

Wayne

EDIT: I should also mention that some snakes will show a spine line when they bend certain ways. Could that be what you are seeing? Do you have a pic of this snake?
 
Yep, that does sound a decent weight for a snake of that length, but a pic would help.

I tend to keep mine on the lean side when I can. It's easy for them to get overweight and suffer health problems as a result and it can take months/years to shift excess flab - which creeps on and can be quite difficult to spot until it's too late.

Yours certainly doesn't sound underfed. It could just be that it has very good muscle tone for the spine to be visible, which would actually be a good thing.
 
By appropriate size food munson refers to weight, in proportions to girth what does an adult snake eat? Is it about same size as his body circumference?

And now a good question to ask is how do I tell if I really have a little boy or a girl????? Since girls feed more often this could be the problem.
 
A 20-30 gram mouse is good. You don't need big ol' fat mice to feed your snake. That just makes them big-n-fat. That's bad! 1-1.5 times the girth of the body.

I would try to find a good 25ish gram mousy and stick to a good consistent feeding plan, with exercise.

As far as the girls eating more, that is referring to breeders. If your not planning on breeding this snake this year or any year, stick to a more conservative feeding program.

You also have to realize that it's going to be different from one corn to another.

Wayne
 
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