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Feeding frenzy?
Is this the time of year when my snakes all become gluttonous pigs?
They're eating their usual food and begging for seconds and sometimes, thirds...especially the girls.
[two of which have been in the "Food. Meh." mode for a couple of weeks]
Friday was their normal feeding day and last night, I was getting "The Face" from several of them again so I gave them some food a little while ago and they ate like they hadn't seen chow in weeks.
[is this a good thing?]
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This is approaching the time of year when breeding females start to want to eat more so they can produce healthy eggs in the spring.
Most of our snakes are eating ravenously already
Jerry Robertson
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I have this one girl, not even close to breeding size, everyday waiting for food....I can see her at the end of the tub...."FEEEEED MEEEE" she says.
0.1 2011 Albino (early) "Snakey Gurl"
0.1 2002 Normal "Crystal"
0.1 2007 Normal "Ellie"
0.1 2012 Normal (late) "Stardust"
0.1 2012 Spider (early) "Pixie"
0.1 2011 Het Pied (late) "Apple"
0.1 20XX Normal (??) "Marilyn"
0.1 20XX Normal (??) "Caroline"
1.0 2011 Het Pied (early) "Mudd"
1.0 2011 Enchi (late) "Batman"
1.0 2011 Normal possible het ghost (early) "Snakey Boy"
1.0 2011 Het Albino (early) "Alby"
1.0 2011 Het Red Axanthics (late) "Sabre Tooth"
1.0 2009 Normal "Buju"
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Re: Feeding frenzy?
Originally Posted by snakesRkewl
This is approaching the time of year when breeding females start to want to eat more so they can produce healthy eggs in the spring.
Most of our snakes are eating ravenously already
Aha.
Thank you.
I thought they'd all just gone mad.
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Originally Posted by 4Ballz
I have this one girl, not even close to breeding size, everyday waiting for food....I can see her at the end of the tub...."FEEEEED MEEEE" she says.
Kelly, who's not even a year old yet and already 1200+ grams/3'+ would eat every single day if I let her.
Is it weird for a girl to grow that fast?
She's not being overfed or 'speed fed' [or whatever it's called]...she just seems to get much bigger every week.
She kinda freaks me out when I check her tub for maintenance...she's all "Fwooop! Here I am! Got FOOD?!?" and if I don't be careful and poke her out of feeding mode, she's eventually gonna nail me, thinking my hand is supper.
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Re: Feeding frenzy?
My one spider is like this but he's a boy. I hope when I get females they're like that
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Re: Feeding frenzy?
Yep, with the higher ambient temps in most households, most snakes of all species are readily eating like little pigs. I know here in Southern California, most homes are at 78 to 82 degrees even with the AC on. Perfect reptile ambient temperatures!
Once the average household temps start dropping in fall, the feeding response usually starts to go down. This is a great time to get weight back on females that bred last year, and to get smaller girls up to size.
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my two adopted girls ate two mice each. (25-30gram total each). When I got them, they were both really under fed, and under weight. Right now, I am on a 3 day feeding schedule for them, as they need the nutrients that they have missed. I'm happy they are eating machines.
0.1 2011 Albino (early) "Snakey Gurl"
0.1 2002 Normal "Crystal"
0.1 2007 Normal "Ellie"
0.1 2012 Normal (late) "Stardust"
0.1 2012 Spider (early) "Pixie"
0.1 2011 Het Pied (late) "Apple"
0.1 20XX Normal (??) "Marilyn"
0.1 20XX Normal (??) "Caroline"
1.0 2011 Het Pied (early) "Mudd"
1.0 2011 Enchi (late) "Batman"
1.0 2011 Normal possible het ghost (early) "Snakey Boy"
1.0 2011 Het Albino (early) "Alby"
1.0 2011 Het Red Axanthics (late) "Sabre Tooth"
1.0 2009 Normal "Buju"
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