Kaa Acting Strange

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Originally Posted by led-zep

Are you sure he only weighs 20grams? He looks a little bigger than that to me. The pictures are hard to judge but I would say at least 60+ grams. He looks about the size of my mojave. And he's around 80ish.


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If that's the case, then either my husbu read the scale wrong, or it's not picking up his weight correctly. Any words for the loose skin? Is that normal?

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Originally Posted by KayleighBrown

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We had a few runts in a clutch from time to time, many survived and actual attained average sizes. Rat pinks every five days for the little guy( if he really is 20g), hit him up to rat fuzzies every 5 days at ~60g , then straight to pups every 6-7 days. His behavior makes me think he is thermoregulating or has just gotten used to the place well enough that he wants to move about.

What are you weighing him with? I am kind of doubting it right now.

Based on those pics I would throw him a pup any day. The flab is of little concern as long as it is not excessive.

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Originally Posted by Physician&Snakes

Based on those pics I would throw him a pup any day. The flab is of little concern as long as it is not excessive.

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Agreed!!


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The "flab" is actually loose skin because he is so thin. He is most likely bigger than 20 grams, but his spine is showing big time.
Try weighing something that you know the weight of... that will tell you if the scale is accurate.
I would definitely be feeding every 5 days for now, maybe even every 4

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Originally Posted by Crazymonkee

The "flab" is actually loose skin because he is so thin. He is most likely bigger than 20 grams, but his spine is showing big time.
Try weighing something that you know the weight of... that will tell you if the scale is accurate.
I would definitely be feeding every 5 days for now, maybe even every 4

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I am not seeing too much spine, then again it's probably due to years of having them come in with nothing but a spine. I would not suggest every 4 days, his stomach has likely shrunk a bit and he is not retic, obviously. Every five days is going to yield some good results...I can see that excess "flab" filling in after 4-6 feedings.

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Originally Posted by KayleighBrown

He was 20 grams last time I weighed him and before I fed him the rat pinky. He's still a baby I guess. I assumed he was a month old or so because of how old the ad for him was. He's not as big as Sampson is, and sampson is on rat pups, and weighs 220 grams. Kaa is smaller and barely weighs anything, or my scale just isn't picking it up cause he's too light. I just don't know what's going on.

I've fed him once the week before aftering bringing him home and he had eaten a mouse fuzzy, but he hasn't gotten any bigger or fatter since then and hasn't seemed to gain any weight since this last feeding.

Let me take some pictures of him, one sec. I think if you guys actually saw some better pics, you might be able to help me a bit better with some adequate information.

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Did you have a weight from the breeder when you purchased him?

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Flab is loose skin. Hes suppose to be larger/heavier than what he looks like. He can take larger prey than rat pinks.
I'd feed him rat fuzzies or mouse hoppers ever 4-5 days till he gets a healthy body condition.

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Originally Posted by Physician&Snakes

We had a few runts in a clutch from time to time, many survived and actual attained average sizes. Rat pinks every five days for the little guy, hit him up to rat fuzzies every 5 days at ~60g , then straight to pups every 6-7 days. His behavior makes me think he is thermoregulating or has just gotten used to the place well enough that he wants to move about.

What are you weighing him with? I am kind of doubting it right now.

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We Purchased a mechanical scale at wal-mart :\ It was the most inexpensive one they had.

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He looks a bit bigger than my albino and bee and they're 60g and 77g but weight can be deceiving. I'm putting mine on a 5 day feeding schedule (if they feed) My two fit so easily in my hand. I could probably have them both on my hand coiled up and I have small hands!

You want to get yourself a digital scale! I use a food scale for my guys, much more accurate and I'm sure mine was inexpensive