Yafe - Albino Carpet - FINAL - Progression Thread

Yafe came out to play tonight and Katie took some quick pics. He's well over 300G and thickening up. He's also getting even more mellow. He's not as jumpy and tends to relax in my arms instead of darting around like he used to. He still has his moments, but he really seems to be chilling a little more.

I am considering moving him to a every 2 week feeding schedule, instead of 1X a week. Any thoughts? Should I wait until he's bigger? I know he's not a boa and he will put it towards growth, but I also know as adults they eat every 2-3 weeks.

Anyway, here is my healthy and growing boy.

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If you know that these eat every 2-3 weeks as adults (& I haven't researched this, I'm taking your word for it), then I agree, it might be time to lengthen the
time between his meals to more like 2 weeks- if not now, then in the near future. It's nice to see how well he's doing with handling too- pretty fellow.:gj:

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

If you know that these eat every 2-3 weeks as adults (& I haven't researched this, I'm taking your word for it), then I agree, it might be time to lengthen the
time between his meals to more like 2 weeks- if not now, then in the near future. It's nice to see how well he's doing with handling too- pretty fellow.:gj:

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Some breeders feed every other week from a young age.

I will see what carpet keepers here say, but I think he’s ready for every two weeks. Plus, everyone in that stack of tanks eats every two weeks now anyway. Feliz, Figment, and Yafe are in that stack along with Toref.

I wanted to bulk him up as he was behind from being ill, but he seems well caught up.

He’s a real gem. Handsome and gentle and a great eater.

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Originally Posted by dakski

Some breeders feed every other week from a young age.

I will see what carpet keepers here say, but I think he’s ready for every two weeks. Plus, everyone in that stack of tanks eats every two weeks now anyway. Feliz, Figment, and Yafe are in that stack along with Toref.

I wanted to bulk him up as he was behind from being ill, but he seems well caught up.

He’s a real gem. Handsome and gentle and a great eater.

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I started feeding my BredlI every two weeks. He turned a year old at the end of July.




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Yafe is looking great Dave. I love his backstory too. He's really starting to bulk up now. I feed my carpets every 7 days for the first year. Every 10-14 days the 2nd year, and every 2-4 weeks as adults. They eat even less frequently (every 4-6 weeks) during the winter.

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I started feeding my BredlI every two weeks. He turned a year old at the end of July.




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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

Yafe is looking great Dave. I love his backstory too. He's really starting to bulk up now. I feed my carpets every 7 days for the first year. Every 10-14 days the 2nd year, and every 2-4 weeks as adults. They eat even less frequently (every 4-6 weeks) during the winter.

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Thank you both.

I'll start every other week with him now. When his growth slows, I'll probably move to every 3 weeks.

Thank you again!

Looking really great dave

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Yafe needed a cage cleaning and spent some time with Dad today. He's really doing wonderfully.

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Got some pictures of Yafe "hanging around." He's really looking good. The light in there is blueish and throws off his colors, but you can still see he looks solid.

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Looking great dave, them lights bring out his yellow markings against his white

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