Kalatoa 100% Pure SD Retic Progression (Pic heavy...)

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Originally Posted by Stearns84

I almost regret ordering gene is skyhide because he doesn't use the one he has now.

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Lol I hear ya! Phyllis is off and on with her hides but mostly off. She's used her warm side twice in the new cage, cool side once. Really likes it right behind her water bowl though haha, maybe I'll get her a bigger one. I'm sure she'd like a full soak after her next meal, that's the only time she soaks but it's every single time immediately after she eats without exception hah


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Speaking of eating, I'm not sure what to feed Gene. The larges don't leave lumps almost at all, and he pushes after 3 days. Do I go with xl rats, Ginnie Pigs or find small rabits?

What's Phyllis on now?

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Originally Posted by Stearns84

Speaking of eating, I'm not sure what to feed Gene. The larges don't leave lumps almost at all, and he pushes after 3 days. Do I go with xl rats, Ginnie Pigs or find small rabits?

What's Phyllis on now?

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Phyllis is currently eating xl rats but could easily take two of them probably. She's got some 2xl in the freezer but I've got a handful xl left before those. I have no doubt that Gene could take somewhere between xl-and jumbo rats if he's as big as he looks. Phyllis ate an xl 3-4 days ago and you can't tell she ate a thing. She might actually get two xl's next week, we'll see.
Her next size increase I'm going to either order guinea pigs, probably quadruple xl, or try to get rabbits. Monster Feeders has best rabbit prices around but I don't need that many at once so I might stick to rodent pro and go the guinea pig route. They're not terrible prices really. I think $5 for a 1.5lb Guinea pig?


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Well, Phyllis is too big for my reptile dedicated scale now. Have to use the bathroom scale and weigh myself then pick her up to get a weigh in... she's at right about 10 lbs and is now 19 months old. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...fd0ef187a9.jpg
Even a 2xl rat only holds her over for about 5-6 days at most now. Need to get rabbits or guinea pigs soon!


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Nice!

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Well, Phyllis is too big for my reptile dedicated scale now. Have to use the bathroom scale and weigh myself then pick her up to get a weigh in... she's at right about 10 lbs and is now 19 months old. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...fd0ef187a9.jpg
Even a 2xl rat only holds her over for about 5-6 days at most now. Need to get rabbits or guinea pigs soon!


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Awesomeness!!

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Originally Posted by Stearns84

Speaking of eating, I'm not sure what to feed Gene. The larges don't leave lumps almost at all, and he pushes after 3 days. Do I go with xl rats, Ginnie Pigs or find small rabits?

What's Phyllis on now?

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I feed Caesar an XL guinea pig every 10 days or so. He was eating 2XL ones but i wanted to slim it down to the smallest food i could give him that would keep him quiet for 10 days or so. He also gets colossal rats if they are out of guinea pigs. I believe the last time i weighed his food, it was around 450g.

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

I feed Caesar an XL guinea pig every 10 days or so. He was eating 2XL ones but i wanted to slim it down to the smallest food i could give him that would keep him quiet for 10 days or so. He also gets colossal rats if they are out of guinea pigs. I believe the last time i weighed his food, it was around 450g.

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I just gave Phyllis two XL rats the other day they weighed collectively just under 600grams. Now about 4 days later you can't even tell she had a meal this week... I was thinking about ordering guinea pigs for her but have heard differing opinions on using them as a primary prey option. Have you noticed any pros/cons to feeding Caesar mostly guinea pigs?


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I just gave Phyllis two XL rats the other day they weighed collectively just under 600grams. Now about 4 days later you can't even tell she had a meal this week... I was thinking about ordering guinea pigs for her but have heard differing opinions on using them as a primary prey option. Have you noticed any pros/cons to feeding Caesar mostly guinea pigs?


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I haven't noticed anything different with feeding Caesar guinea pigs. What have you heard? And yeah, even with Caesar, a XL guinea pig lump is gone in a few days too but it still seems to keep him quiet although Caesar is pretty needy lol. Sometimes he really wants to 'hang out' so he will push until you slide open a door and then he will park himself in front of the open door and curl up by it as I pet him haha.

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I haven't noticed anything different with feeding Caesar guinea pigs. What have you heard? And yeah, even with Caesar, a XL guinea pig lump is gone in a few days too but it still seems to keep him quiet although Caesar is pretty needy lol. Sometimes he really wants to 'hang out' so he will push until you slide open a door and then he will park himself in front of the open door and curl up by it as I pet him haha.

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Just have heard varying opinions on whether the higher fat content of gp can lead to fat snakes in the long run. I think with retics metabolism it shouldn't be a huge issue though. Phyllis is already cruising her cage at day four after eating 600grams of rat haha. She's been enjoying a nice cruise in either the yard or the snake room for an hour ish every other day or so and that seems to make her happy


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