Am I over feeding this female?
I got them in January-2010.
Both Female & Male weight in Jan were 42-grams.
Now, in April. (Weighted them yesterday)
Male = 64-grams.
Female = 94-grams.
Am i overfeeding the female, she even looks fat. Im cutting her feeding to 1 meal and every 7-days now.
i feed them in between 5-7 days. Males gets 1 meal, and offer him a 2nd but usually refuse. The female eats 2 all the time.
The Male.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2122712_n.jpg
The Female.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2217430_n.jpg
Together.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._3529869_n.jpg
Re: Am I over feeding this female?
She's way too fat...it's just outright abuse, send her to me. :D
Seriously, I'd cut back. I only feed hatchling colubrids every five days and never a double meal. When they get to be a nice weight, cut them back to a regular feeding schedule. You could even give her one appropriately sized rodent every five days, but I wouldn't give her two every five days. She's starting to look a little...."fluffy". :P
Re: Am I over feeding this female?
Shes got fat cheeks! :P
I dont know much about hog nosed but she sure is cute either way!
Re: Am I over feeding this female?
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Originally Posted by
Michelle.C
She's way too fat...it's just outright abuse, send her to me. :D
Seriously, I'd cut back. I only feed hatchling colubrids every five days and never a double meal. When they get to be a nice weight, cut them back to a regular feeding schedule. You could even give her one appropriately sized rodent every five days, but I wouldn't give her two every five days. She's starting to look a little...."fluffy". :P
Thanks for the advice.
i'll cut back and feed her every 7-days instead of 5-days & 1 smaller size meal instead of 2. :please:
Re: Am I over feeding this female?
Awww I love hoggies , cute :) chubby or not lol
Re: Am I over feeding this female?
She is so cute, I love em chubby like that, lol!:oops: