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I'm just curious, but are there any tricks to stimulate growth if, say, I wanted my gal to get on the big end of the spectrum aside from the regular husbandry requirements. I know cooler temps stunt growth, but would slightly warmer tempts along with more frequent feedings cause more growth in length instead of just girth?
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Not necessarily. Genetics play the biggest role in how big they can actually grow. Feeding them more often may just lead to a fast.
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i was thinking as much. overfeeding ends in an obese/fasting snake... i was just wandering if their were any "tricks to the trade" to induce more growth lengthwise
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Isnt there a thing called power feeding?
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Originally Posted by N4S
Isnt there a thing called power feeding?
yes, but to my knowledge the snake gets "backed up" and to make up for it the snake will fast for awhile so it's system can catch up with the amount of food he/she's taken in, which isn't incredibly healthy compared to a constant manageable meals. Also the snake could get overweight, and nothing good comes from obesity no matter what species.
I was just hoping there would be some trick to rasing the snakes metabolism while feeding it more than normal so as to keep both of those side-effects from becoming a problem and hopefully induce growth.
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I would think that their ultimate topout length would be determined genetically. I would think that powerfeeding would lead to obesity and food refusal. :)
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Plus if I did that my bp would get fat, lazy, hog the remote, and will not wanna go with me on the morning jog. ;)
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Keep the snake at a warmer temperature and will speed up its metabolism. This may also cause increased aggression.
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Originally Posted by moespeaking
Keep the snake at a warmer temperature and will speed up its metabolism. This may also cause increased aggression.
increased aggression? who lied to you?
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No one lied to me it was personal experience, the a/c broke at work and temperatures rose to 99-100 degrees at one point. That day I was bit by various reptiles that never have bit in the past or even struck at anyone. One ball python, one corn snake, and one schneider skink.
