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What power feeding can do to your snake.... :-)

shakyhand

shakyhand

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Well Buttercup is my first snake.... got him/her (I think he rather than she) end of october last year....

This is our first day together
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This is about 5 weeks later
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And after a lot of these... something like every 3 days... sometimes every 2 days of these....
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He already look like this after 3 months under my care....
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Now he even fatter because I've feeding him large baby mice (just open eyes) for the last 1 week.....

I know overfeeding is bad, but this guy will really show if he is really hungry.... he will sit on top of his plastic hide with his half of his body upward like a control tower searching around..... Needles to say, he is very very active.... Once fed, will quickly hide and will not come out 2 days later....
 
Yeah, he looks obese actually. Hes very round and I bet he's squishy. It's really not healthy for the snake to have his organs working at full power CONSTANTLY. He will suffer in the longrun you know...
 
I sorta have to agree here.. I mean sure it might be nice to get a big snake as quick as possible.. but you need to factor in the health issues. You might think your doing good by your baby by pumping them up to make them 'strong'.. but really that looks more like fat build up then muscle.. and just like people. Obesity causes a Lot of hidden long term problems. Just be careful, it's a pretty little snake and I'd hate for you to lose it to health complications.

Good luck!
-Crow
 
Be sure that if you continue to pump it full of food, that you will drastically shorten the poor things life span.
 
Ya... thanks for your concern. I do want to have long lasting relationship with this guy... as he is my first snake.... most of the time I'm weak at heart when looking at him....

Points taken. Will restrain myself from hurting him unintentionally...
 
A few years ago someone posted dissection pics of a female okeetee who had become egg bound and died. He was surprised by the large amounts of fat she carried in her, and he felt it was a contributing factor in her death. As I recall, she wasn't powerfed, and still was riddled with fatty deposits.

Thats a beautiful butter motley, but it is obviously overweight. They'll eat as much as you give them; they don't have to work for it. You said it yourself, you know overfeeding is bad for him. Cut it down to once a week. He definitely won't starve, and btw welcome to CS.com. It's fun to see snakes that make it all the way around the world, and meet the keepers who enjoy them as much as we do here :*)
 
He looks like a lovely morph too, but remember they're oppurtunistic feeders as well, if allowed to gorge themselves they will :shrugs:
But given that they're captive and it's our duty to keep them healthy I'd advise against it. Besides if you're feeding him that often you don't really get to handle him at all...
 
Beautiful snake!
Love the name:)

And this thread was very helpful to me so than you for posting!

Our little ones always seem to be ready to eat and as a human it seems 'natural' to 'reward' their cuteness and apparent hunger by feeding them when they are on the hunt.

It has taken a lot of restraint on my part to only feed the two 8/07's every 5 days...I read here they need at least 4 days to properly digest and renew their guts for the next meal.

I wish they made snake snacks like they have for dogs...you know a tail or two here and there:shrugs:
Anyway, beautiful snake and helpful thread.
 
Beautiful snake. The owner is not too bad looking either. :spinner:

I agree with what was said above. I did the exact oppisite when I got my first snake. I read in a bad website that you were supposed to feed every 10-14 days. I did that for the first six months, and while she didn't starve, she was not the size she was supposed to be at all.

Luckily, I found this site and a few like it that set me right. I got her on a more consistent diet and she's quickly caught up.

Just stretch out your feeding times and your snake will do just fine. I love the colors on her!
 
MrsCornSnake said:
Beautiful snake. The owner is not too bad looking either. :spinner:
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I'm not arguing on this comment:dancer:... Well I agree 200% that I'm doing more harm than good to this poor little guy....

Thinking back, I guess I am over successful in breeding mice. I got one male with 3 females..... From them, I got 6 four weeks old fuzzy left(not sure using correct vocabulary or not), 8 ten days old pinkies and one lady mice ready to burst in a day or two..... Due to abundance of feeders and only two snakes, I guess I overfed both of them in order to control mice population....

I think I got just a good excuse to get another snake or two... Too bad I'm too far away from USA.... envy you all in the states... too many beautiful snakes to choose from....
 
You have a stunning snake there. I love the yellow morphs (in fact i just bought 2 lol). I agree with everyone on cutting back the feeding to once a week. Virtually everyone on here is super great on keeping their snakes happy and healthy. You will find many photos of snakes the age of yours on here to help you gage what his proper size should be. We are also here to help so please feel free to search the forums for topics you have questions on or ask us. Welcome to the forum.
 
me said:
...obviously overweight
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I take that back, it could have just eaten (very possible, huh shaky :)) and getting to take a big ol' dump. Nice that your willing to take some advice too, not always the case with some folks.

shakyhand said:
Too bad I'm too far away from USA.... envy you all in the states... too many beautiful snakes to choose from
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I don't know, Malaysia is home to some sweet snakes, too :*)
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shakyhand said:
I know overfeeding is bad, but this guy will really show if he is really hungry.... he will sit on top of his plastic hide with his half of his body upward like a control tower searching around..... Needles to say, he is very very active.... Once fed, will quickly hide and will not come out 2 days later....
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I know exactly what you mean. I feed my babies every five days. Starting at day two after feeding, they are climbing the glass in front, endlessly touring the viv, climbing the vines- apparently starving. As soon as I get home from work they come out. By the actual feeding day they take less than a minute to catch and feed!

I have a tortoise named Buttercup.
 
You know you are going to completely regret this "Three day schedule" here in about 8 months. When the snake is so unhealthy because it has been over fed its entire life, then you are really going to regret it when you can only feed the snake every 15 days or so in order for it to slim down.

If you plan on breeding, not a good idea with an obese snake. If you plan on showing the snake off to any friends, not a good idea, there just going to say "wow, hes fat".

Snakes have fast metabolisms, but not that fast. As said earlier, they are opportunistic feeders. In general terms, snakes are predators that take advantage of the situation, because they don't know you are feeding them every three days, its not proven, but in the wild, a snake doesn't know which meal will be his last..

Im sure you have been lectured enough about this, but posting a thread showing how you are shortening your snakes life, and jeapordizing it's health, is not a good way to start off on a corn snake enthusiast forum.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Ryan
MC Reptiles
 
Fenderplayer108 said:
You know you are going to completely regret this "Three day schedule" here in about 8 months. When the snake is so unhealthy because it has been over fed its entire life, then you are really going to regret it when you can only feed the snake every 15 days or so in order for it to slim down.

If you plan on breeding, not a good idea with an obese snake. If you plan on showing the snake off to any friends, not a good idea, there just going to say "wow, hes fat".

Snakes have fast metabolisms, but not that fast. As said earlier, they are opportunistic feeders. In general terms, snakes are predators that take advantage of the situation, because they don't know you are feeding them every three days, its not proven, but in the wild, a snake doesn't know which meal will be his last..

Im sure you have been lectured enough about this, but posting a thread showing how you are shortening your snakes life, and jeapordizing it's health, is not a good way to start off on a corn snake enthusiast forum.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Ryan
MC Reptiles
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He has been lectured quite a bit and if you look a few posts back he 'got the picture' already.
He has been very open minded about all the information given and is taking to heart what has been said by everyone...
 
Instead of *power feeding* Look on here for the *power digesting* thread that Jazz (I think) made...
Loads of graphs to show how well it works, and lots of people on here recommended it.
Loved the snake BTW...
MIKE
 
That snake is gorgeous! And it's very refreshing to have a pet owner so open to changing their behavior. Still, damn, I can't get over how adorable that snake is! =)
 
This is a great thread...
I'm glad that young, good-looking new snakey owner listened to the advice posted and wants what's best for Buttercup.

We got to see pics of a GORGEOUS butter motley and that's ALWAYS a treat.

And I didn't have to tell my long boring story about how I accidently killed my pet garter snake in 1994 by overfeeding her.

See, everybody wins!
 
shakyhand said:
Ya... thanks for your concern. I do want to have long lasting relationship with this guy... as he is my first snake.... most of the time I'm weak at heart when looking at him....

Points taken. Will restrain myself from hurting him unintentionally...
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Wow....great job taking advice and not getting defensive.....that really caught me off my guard. Good for you.....Nice looking snake, by the way.:)

Chris
 
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