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Re: Is my corn snake fat?
This is Figment, my hypo-lavender corn. He's a little over four years old. He is about 620G and eats 30-40G F/T mice weekly. Sorry for the overexposure. Used my iPhone and he was not holding still!
Wanted to show another corn for comparison. He would eat every day, but I choose to feed weekly on smaller mice rather than every other week larger mice. I will not feed rats as they are fattier.
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Re: Is my corn snake fat?
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These are some beautiful examples of healthy adult corns. Thanks for sharing, guys!!!
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Fluffykitten, the first snake you posted for us is a really, *really* high quality candycane.
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Re: Is my corn snake fat?
Originally Posted by Spiritserpents
Fluffykitten, the first snake you posted for us is a really, *really* high quality candycane.
Thanks I always thought she was abino because that's I was told she was. I never really looked into it. All I know is that she is a very beatuful snake.
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Re: Is my corn snake fat?
This is my corn, Garnet, she'll be 17 this year! time flies.
Corns can get overweight. They usually show it by having 'hips', fatty deposits around the tail/vent.
Here is a random image I found on a google search of an overweight corn that shows obvious hips:
http://www.sareptiles.co.za/gallery/...nake_hips1.jpg
Originally Posted by fluffykitten
Thanks I always thought she was abino because that's I was told she was. I never really looked into it. All I know is that she is a very beatuful snake.
Candy cane is albino, it's just a selectively bred version of albino to have high white. Yours is very nice!
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Here some of my ball too. Does she look ok. Not too skinny?
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2.1 Ball Python (Mojave, Banana Pied, Normal)
1.1 Corn Snake (Albino, Okeetee)
2.1 Hognose (Extreme Red Albino, Normal, Red Conda)
0.0.1 Blue Tongue Skink
RIP Rosy Boa
RIP Bearded Dragon
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I've heard that raised sides around the spine (almost like the spine is like a little trench, if that makes sense - like the opposite of when a snake is skinny and the spine sticks out) indicate some extra fat on the snake. I'm no expert, but I do see the SLIGHT inclination of that happening on the corn in the first pic posted. I don't think it's anything major though. He's certainly not obese.
Last edited by alittleFREE; 08-19-2018 at 12:33 AM.
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0.1 Bearded Dragon ("Reka")
0.1 California Kingsnake ("Cleo")
0.1 Cinnamon Spider Het. Albino Ball Python ("Syd")
1.0 Hypo Bredl’s Python (“Oz”)
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Regarding your albino corn, Smaug-
Awesome-looking snake, but I'd cut back some on the food...feed about every 10 days in warmer months & maybe every 2 weeks in winter. She looks great*
right now but at 2 years old, she's been growing fast up to now, and as an adult, their growth slows down...you'll end up with a fat unhealthy snake before you
know it & it's very hard to fix after it happens.
*She's clearly well-fed...fairly normal for a captive corn, but far heavier than the typical wild corn snake that "works for a living".
Last edited by Bogertophis; 08-19-2018 at 02:39 PM.
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