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When to increase food

M

Mozzer

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Our youngster is on 2 pinkies every 7 days. He was 6 weeks old when we got him, he is now 12 weeks old. After the first couple of feeds he still had slight swelling after 24 hrs. He has since shed and now the swelling is gone within 24 hrs.

Is it time to increase to 3 pinkies a week? He takes the 2 pinkies no problem, they are gone within minutes. I dont want to think that we are starving him?
 
When I get mine on two pinkies without incident, I move them up to a fuzzy. The quicker you get them off of pinkies, the better.
 
Agree with Cav. there is no need for three pinkies. He can just have fuzzies now.

bmm
 
I agree. Fuzzies are a much more nutritious meal, with a lot more calcium. If your snake can eat two pinks with no problem, it's safe to move up to fuzzies.
 
Feeding more...

Since you're on the subject of feeding, I wanted to know something..... I'm new to this site and have been reading as much as I can and feeding, care, and ect.... I have two corns, one is 3 months and the other almost two months old. Since my younger one is smaller I have been feeding him/her 1 pinkie every 4 days and my older on only 1 pinkie about every 6 days. I'd like to get them caught up in size so I can house them together. I was told when I bought my first one that I only need to feed him/her 1 pinkie every 7 days until big enough to eat fuzzies. But now reading how much everyone feeds their snakes, I'm wondering after they get the same size (or even now), if I should be feeding them more.
:confused:

I appreciate any advise! :D

Cheryl :p
 
I have a 2ft female corn and a 3ft male corn living together in a 3ft viv and them love each other to bits, lol, Just mke sure you feed them separtly.

Thanks

Alex
 
I alway take them each out separtly to feed them separtly since I have read they can fight for the food that could lead to one maybe eating the other.
:(

Cheryl
 
blitzbabe, your snakes will be okay on one pinkie a week until they can move up to fuzzies. Just don't expect to see the same growth that people who are feeding more do. If you want to feed more without making a big change, you can feed them a pink every 5 days. There's no real reason to feed multiple pinks in a meal instead of moving up to fuzzies. I would feed a two pinkie meal once or twice, just to make sure they can handle it, and then move them up to fuzzies. When you notice that there's not much of a lump from one pinky, it's probably time to try this.

There are lots of reasons not to house two snakes together. Cannibalism is rare, but does happen in corns. Also, if one snake gets sick, your other one will probably get sick too. Likewise, any parasites will be shared. One snake may be more aggressive, or one very shy, and one or both could be stressed due to living together. If they are male and female, they will probably breed. Breeding a female before she's big enough (~ 3 ft., 300 grams) can result in egg binding, which can be fatal. Even if it's not fatal, you will end up spending lots of money at the vet and your poor snake will have a very rough time. That said, some people do successfully keep two snakes together. It usually works best with two females (or so I've heard, because I've never actually kept two snakes together), but even then all the above risks are present except for breeding.

Alex Dew, it looks to me like you are just begging for that female to breed before she's big enough! And they do not "love each other" ... they may curl up together in the same hide because that hide happens to be at their mutual preferred temperature or location.
 
kenalotia, I am not begging for them to breed, i dont even what that female to breed. It is very unlikly they would breed at this time of year even if they are together.:mad:

Alex
 
Thanks for all the info. Kate. You told me exactly what I need to know. Right now I have the baby in a smaller container inside the bigger one. Sounds like it'd be better to house them separately but would it be OK to sometimes keep them together (in one) as long as they get along and such? I don't know if snakes get lonely or not but I thought maybe they like having other snakes around.

I have read about females getting sick if they breed to early or stressed just from the male be aggressive. I called the place where I bought them and asked about that and he said that it rarely happens that the female will get sick and not to worry about it. But I don't want to not worry about since I do care about their health. I've been trying to find somewhere here in Oregon to get the snakes sexed but haven't had any luck. They might be too young to tell right now but eventually I'd like to know.

Glad I was able to get correct info. since the guy I talked to could probably care less about the well being of my snakes.

Cheryl
 
I didn't mean literally, Alex. They're not likely to breed this time of year. They are extremely likely to breed, in March or April, possibly even earlier, depending on temps in your house and the lighting they get. And it is also very possible that she will still not be big enough at that time. In any case, before you recommend to someone that it will be fine to house their snakes together, you ought to alert them to the risks involved in doing so.
 
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