Chunky Monkeys!!!

Babies...they grow up so fast. :tears:

2010 Lesser girl...hatched in July and just cracked 1000grams...she never misses a meal. :D

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Little 2010 Lesserbee male who was verrry slow to start (multiple assist feedings to get him going :rage:)...he's an eating machine now...

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2010 Spider girl...very light and pretty...love her...

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...s/IMG_0044.jpg


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I love the first one! She is soooooooo pretty :) I'm sure feeding so many chunky monkeys is quite difficult so I would be happy to help ease the burden of it if you want to send me the first one :D lol

Here's the same Lesserbee before he realized rats were sooo tasty....he hatched in early July so this pic is probably from around mid August...

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and here he is on the scale today...:)

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Originally Posted by ShortStack

I love the first one! She is soooooooo pretty :) I'm sure feeding so many chunky monkeys is quite difficult so I would be happy to help ease the burden of it if you want to send me the first one :D lol

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Thanks man! She's on the way...:P

Superb collection. :) Im lovin how chuncky that lesserbee is now compared to his old pic. Good job :gj:

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Originally Posted by sho220

Thanks man! She's on the way...:P

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I need to put my name in my posts.. This is the second time I've been mistaken for my boyfriend :( Lol.. I'm the OTHER cute blonde.

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Originally Posted by ShortStack

I need to put my name in my posts.. This is the second time I've been mistaken for my boyfriend :( Lol.. I'm the OTHER cute blonde.

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lol...sorry...:oops:

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Originally Posted by Pinoy Pythons

Superb collection. :) Im lovin how chuncky that lesserbee is now compared to his old pic. Good job :gj:

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Thanks! He got me over my fear of assist feeding...still not a pleasant experience but definitely a good thing to learn...:gj:

I'm going to risk sounding stupid for asking this question, but I'm still new to all this, so bear with me.. How does assist feeding work?

In a nutshell...if a hatchling won't eat for a while after hatching you sometimes have to assist them. Take a pinky mouse and, while holding the snake as carefully as possible :rolleye2:, put the head of the mouse into the snakes mouth and hope he gets the picture and starts taking it down on his own. That is a very brief description...if you're going to be breeding...read up on it. There are always threads about this during the summer/fall when babies start hatching...and not eating...:rolleyes:

All 3 are looking REALLY good there :gj:

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Originally Posted by Boanerges

All 3 are looking REALLY good there :gj:

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Thanks...I like my girls a little chunky...:D

Good grief your babies are huge!!! And they are beautiful!!! :gj:

What and how often you feed those monkeys?? ong.. I thought I was good with a almost 500 gram mid 10'.. I have a aug 10' that barely hit the 220 mark and she eats good!

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Originally Posted by Subdriven

What and how often you feed those monkeys?? ong.. I thought I was good with a almost 500 gram mid 10'.. I have a aug 10' that barely hit the 220 mark and she eats good!

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As hatchlings, I start them on f/t rat pups, or live adult mice if they need something a little more lively. Then work them up to weaned rats and on to small rats. All of my 2010 hatchlings are on small (60-100 grams) rats now. I feed them when they're hungry. Usually it's around every 4 days. If their previous meal was small I'll give them another in 2-3 days. If it was a good sized meal, 4 or 5 days. Eventually they'll drop to a once a week schedule...but when they're young I feed them when they want as they will never grow this fast again...I kept 4 babies from my own clutches this year and they are 600-1000 grams. Babies that I picked up from other breeders this year are probably closer to 400-600 grams. Breeders who are planning to sell their babies definitely seem to use a much more conservative feeding schedule. I see a lot of babies for sale at shows that are pitiful looking...I know a lot of breeders "maintenance feed" them but some I guarantee have never eaten...yet are up for sale...I guess some folks just can't sell 'em off fast enough... :confused: I'd be embarrased to sell a snake like that, but that's just me...

lol i used to call my daughter a chunky monkey when she was a small toddler cuz she had some serious rolls goin' on! lol looked like a little sumo wrestler...ok thats an exaggeration but she was close.
anyways you got some awesome lookin' snakees there! i LOVE that lesser bee...do they yellow out as they get into adult age?

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Originally Posted by mommanessy247

lol i used to call my daughter a chunky monkey when she was a small toddler cuz she had some serious rolls goin' on! lol looked like a little sumo wrestler...ok thats an exaggeration but she was close.
anyways you got some awesome lookin' snakees there! i LOVE that lesser bee...do they yellow out as they get into adult age?

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I used to call my daughter the michelin tire baby cause of her rolls lol, I miss those days.

Great looking chunky monkies :)

Beautiful snakes! The lesser female is definitely chunky but gorgeous and I love the spider!

I had to assist feed my pinstripe for a month or so, but now..knock on wood shes an eating machine eating 3 large mice a week

Amazing babies! Thx 4 sharin!

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Originally Posted by Paradox81

I had to assist feed my pinstripe for a month or so, but now..knock on wood shes an eating machine eating 3 large mice a week

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That seems to be the general consensus...once they get going they seem to feed as well as any other...

Introducing him to my '08 YellowBelly girl...

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Doesn't show much interest yet, but doesn't hurt to make the introduction!

a few more chunky monkeys...on feeding day...male Mojo and male Enchi...

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...s/IMG_0050.jpg

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Introducing my Enchi to my Butter female...

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...s/IMG_0069.jpg

One more of this good looking boy...

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...s/IMG_0059.jpg

(whistles sexual harrasment stlye).