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What kind of corn is this?

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I feed all my snakes once a week. unless they show signs of weight loss. I have a pair of Miamis. that I bought out of the egg and they have been eating once a week for months now and show almost no signs of growth. while other snakes i have of the same age are twice the size. I understand that 3 pinks is a a bit much but id rather space it out for a little while to nurse her back to health and then switch to once a week ..imo thats more logical than doubling up in one feeding.
 
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Thanx for trying but your intention was inflamatory anyways...I have seen your other posts and you come across smug and rude. Im no angel and dont hold back but there are no hard feelings. good luck! this is why i dont like to post or ask questions on any forums...too many crusaders and do gooders giving their opinions:mad: I appreciate the non judgemental responses thanks
 
gluttony32 said:
Thanx for trying but your intention was inflamatory anyways...I have seen your other posts and you come across smug and rude. Im no angel and dont hold back but there are no hard feelings. good luck! this is why i dont like to post or ask questions on any forums...too many crusaders and do gooders giving their opinions:mad: I appreciate the non judgemental responses thanks
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I didn't know that, i will try to pay attention so i don't do that anymore. I did know i was somewhat rude in my original post on this thread but it really gets under my skin if people buy a reptile without doing any research.
I looked at your number of posts and the content of this thread and i assumed you were new to snakes.
 
Don't assume Atmox, lesson learned. Also if English may not be your first language the way people may take something you say can be the opposite of what you meant to say, or meant it to sound. You came off a bit...heavy handed... and Gluttony32 responded, as he/she said, no holding back...while...he/she could have just explained their experience level and let it go at that...But no harm no foul

Just a point of note...There are no hard and fast "rules", be it feeding schedules, live vs f/t (ask some of the larger breeders what THEY feed their snakes) etc., just "rules of thumb(s) ;)
 
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gluttony32 said:
I spread out the feedings when the lump is no longer visible i feed her again...her eyes look reddish brown..leaning more towards brown
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Too often. I would call that power feeding, even.

gluttony32 said:
u have one corn and 1 gecko and ur giving me advice lmfao... currently 2 children 2 dogs 1 cat, 2.4 brazilian rainbow boas, 2.4 corns, 1.1 eastern milk snakes, 1.1 Irian jayas, 1.1 cal. kings, 0.1 trinket rat snake, 1.0 western hognose, 1.0 eastern box turtle, 0.0.1 snapping turtle In the past 15 or so years I have bred veiled chameleons, ball pythons before morphs were out of control, burmese pythons and an exuberant amount of different turtles. My oldest snake died of old age after 27 years in captivity. I wouldnt say Im a proffesional breeder by any means but I KNOW WHAT IM DOING. I have forgotten things you havent even learned yet..so again I will tell you mind your neck:punch:
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Just because you have lots of animals means you know better. I also don't see how children should be grouped with pets...
 
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Just had to throw ur 2 cents didnt ya six?...Having lots of animals doesnt make me know better. Years of experience do help though. As for the children grouped with pets. Its simple, I take care of my pets like they are my children, I also take care of my kids and a lot of other things at the same time which makes my plate pretty full...go troll another post..everything was settled and you need to stir the pot....WAY TO GO!!!!...shows ur age and inteligence level:flames:
 
Amazing. Simply amazing.

Your idea of trolling is ridiculous. Giving an opinion or thought on something is not trolling, especially when it's advice (which is what that was), and I didn't have to double post to show something. I fail to see how my 'intelligence level' (which is the correct spelling) and age matter, particularly since I'm seeing "ur", punctuation errors, and run on sentences. These are showing up more as you are 'challenged', which is a clear sign of a troll. Not to fight, but calling out my age (as well as thinking you can judge what my intelligence is without even knowing me) was extremely immature and unprofessional, and I expected better from someone who is a parent and roll model to their own children.

Just because you thought everything was settled doesn't mean it was. I am allowed to voice my opinion, advice, or thoughts on things just as much as you, a moderator, or anyone else is and I plan to take full advantage of that.

Also... if you know what you're doing, why did you have to ask what morph it was?

Atmox's post was not as calm and collected as it could have been, but s/he voiced their thoughts on this and was attempting to be helpful. YOU reacted as a troll, calling things out to use as insults. If Atmox and everyone should mind our business, why did you post your own business?


However, I do get why you grouped the kids with pets now, but the way you stated it (or lack of) made me think you thought lowly of your own kids. Thanks for clearing that up.
 
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Also... if you know what you're doing, why did you have to ask what morph it was?
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I am not defending anyone here, but the days of positively identifying a snake simply by looking at a pic on the net are long gone. So many morph combos look the same that I wouldn't begin to post a response on here to somoen trying to obtain an id simply by a pic. I do agree there are many traits that assist in idying an animal but it isn't easy anymore. However, there are alot of people out there that have read a book and morph guuide and are more than willing to positivelydrop an id on someone.

Similarly, there are tons of folk on here that have read a book or care sheet and are prepared to tell people the "correct" way to feed, house, breed, incubate and so on.

dc
 
Ah, true. I forget the loads of morphs and combos since I'm not looking to obtain any new corns, and none of the common morphs even popped out at me to want to research them.
 
Well... I am hardly the voice of experience if you refer to "years in the hobby"... like... I have around 5'ish?
During that time I dealt with severe hemipene prolapse(the only case that I didn't manage to correct sadly), mouth rot, scale rot, anal prolapse, cyst removal, internal parasites, premature birth- some of these were not experienced by much more experienced keepers than myself. It's basically, my rotten luck.

Point I am trying to make though is that experience is very useful, but it's not really the time period so much as the exposure to new things and how to tackle them. Statistically, you will encounter more new things the longer you keep snakes.

When I had a single year under my belt I successfully took care of a Green Tree Python baby- I am not a prodigy, I am no better nor smarter than any other keeper out there. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to care for snakes... so I don't really understand how come so much ego is usually involved.

There are also several ways to successfully keep a snake... it is pointless to argue on that when there's not even a consensus on how to bring up a -human- child.

On a personal note, I feel that like most creatures- snakes endeavor to take as many calories in with minimal energy expanse. Having to digest 3 times a week takes a heavy toll on a snakes' metabolic system(and you can easily see that... become dark, less active and so forth).
Even when restoring a cornsnake's health, I feel that a meal every 7 days is sufficient... but this is an OPINION... based on biological facts/logic, true, but an opinion nonetheless.

Brian from BHB conducted(and still does?) an experiment on baby cornsnakes- three separate normal hatchling groups, each eating at a different curriculum:
1- Once a week, large meal.
2- Twice a week, smaller meals.
3- And another routine with added vitamins.

Last time I checked, the corns that ate once a week actually grew more rapidly compared to the ones who ate twice a week.

Atmox- all I can say is that it is usually difficult/impossible to "beat into someone" an opinion... regardless of how wrong or right you are, I think that using a less accusatory note will get you further... especially if you can find the patience to explain why you think differently.

We owe our snakes to do what we feel is best for them. You will always find people who disagree and are eager to criticize you. Don't be too proud to question yourself from time to time, but don't be too eager to immediately believe you're wrong either.
 
I've been keeping snakes for almost 16 years and would consider myself "fairly knowledgeable". I also used to be a registered vet tech, which added greatly to my body of knowledge about the pets I keep. Yet when I joined here, I had several husbandry errors pointed out by more experienced keepers.

Rather than getting defensive (even when I didn't like the tone of the person pointing things out), I did some more research and adjusted my husbandry accordingly. I happen to agree with the folks who think that you're feeding too often, even for an underweight snake. However, it's your snake and your husbandry and if you are pleased with the results you get than great!

I know one experienced keeper IRL who I disagree with a LOT in regards to what a feeding schedule should look like. Their snakes are fed on a VERY different schedule, and with very differently sized prey than mine. However...we both have beautiful, healthy animals, so we agree to disagree.
 
I agree with Oren & add that it definitely makes sense that snakes being fed larger prey would grow faster, even if the other snakes are fed smaller meals more frequently. The snake needs to grow bigger to be able to eat the larger prey.
 
Something I'd like to add...

If your snake is underfed feeding it too often will also upset the stomach, which isn't used to handling a lot of food. It's best to feed smaller, less frequent meals to acclimate the stomach and progress in prey size. At least in my opinion.

Also, it doesn't matter if you have 1 or 100 snakes... your level of experience is not marked by how many you own. That's just plain silly. I also don't think the amount of time you've spent owning them matters much either. I think Oren said it quite well above, though.
 
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