I can't believe what I overheard at a show... Talk about power feeding..

[JasonG]

While at the white plains ny show today I over heard one breeder say to someone else, "I like to feed my hatchling girls every other day for the first year to get them up to weight within that year"...

I would think if one was doing such a thing he wouldnt be broadcasting it out like that... If I heard him say that, who else did...?

Maybe I'm a noob, maybe the big guys out there breeding do this because a little $$$ clouds the senses, but every other day?

Seems excessive to me... Thoughts?

[atp151415]

every other day is definitley power feeding

power feeding is just like taking more time of the snakes life

[adizziedoll]

Geeeez - I wish I knew who that was.

[broadude]

While at the white plains ny show today I over heard one breeder say to someone else, "I like to feed my hatchling girls every other day for the first year to get them up to weight within that year"...

I would think if one was doing such a thing he wouldnt be broadcasting it out like that... If I heard him say that, who else did...?

Maybe I'm a noob, maybe the big guys out there breeding do this because a little $$$ clouds the senses, but every other day?

Seems excessive to me... Thoughts?

I'm just careful who I listen to..

[2kdime]

I went to a show this weekend.

Now i dont know anything about em. But a guy said he had 1 of only 10 caramel burmese pythons. And he got offered 100,000 bucks for it and he turned it down. Mind you this guy is one of the vendors there, and a small time breeder.


Youd be suprised what kind of mumbo jumbo you can hear at those things.
Maybe this was all true, but i doubt it.

[jonf]

there's also the debate though about what defines "power feeding". Some people are of the opinion that if you offer food to the snake (lets say... every other day), and it eats with no problems, then as long as the snake is progressing naturally (defecating,shedding,etc...), then it is okay.
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then there are people who will feed a snake and then as the first meal is going down, they force another one (or two) down at the same time.
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I'd like to throw the disclaimer out there that I'm neither supporting nor admonishing either practice as I don't believe there are enough long-term studies out there regarding the health benefits of this. If I had to guess though, I'd say that it would be better to take the more conservative approach to feeding, since snakes (of any species) are probably not eating multiple items in one sitting.

[Icyhot73]

While at the white plains ny show today I over heard one breeder say to someone else, "I like to feed my hatchling girls every other day for the first year to get them up to weight within that year"...

I would think if one was doing such a thing he wouldnt be broadcasting it out like that... If I heard him say that, who else did...?

Maybe I'm a noob, maybe the big guys out there breeding do this because a little $$$ clouds the senses, but every other day?

Seems excessive to me... Thoughts?

I dont do it But, you can with no harm to the animal. People really need to stop and think. Books and forums dont make the snake live. The snake does! And 20-30 people will post after this about how wrong I am. LOL.. I will feed some 3-4 rats a week. Some only one. It ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.. Depends on the single animal! Just like people. Some here are FAT,some are Small,some are SHORT,some areTALL some are GAY, some are STRAIT! LOL!

If you feed smaller multible meals you can feed every other day. I like to feed twice a week if possible. 2 small rats 2 times a week is HARDLY Power feeding.

[adizziedoll]

Icy - I thought that was the case at one point too. And then someone posted an article about how their hearts enlarge everytime they eat. Ill have to dig that up...

[Icyhot73]

Icy - I thought that was the case at one point too. And then someone posted an article about how their hearts enlarge everytime they eat. Ill have to dig that up...

I'm all eyes! Dig it up and post it! And I'll tell you the TRUTH!!

[frankykeno]

I'm all eyes! Dig it up and post it! And I'll tell you the TRUTH!!

Considering you just joined here yesterday, perhaps you'd like to give us some time to get to know if you know the truth, who you are, or what sort of collection you work with. The truth is often a funny thing depending on whose spewing out "truths".