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    He's looking good!
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    Re: Figment - Our Hypo Lavender Corn Baby

    Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    He's looking good!
    Yeah, he's looking lean and mean, but doesn't act mean at all. I have to thank Don Soderberg at South Mountain Reptiles. He's been a great resource and I am glad I met him and we've become friends after buying Solana from him. He convinced me to slow down the feedings and food size. He said Solana will be okay with weekly meals, being a female, with possibly an occasional skip, but males can gain weight faster.

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    Re: Figment - Our Hypo Lavender Corn Baby

    Figment shed today and is looking handsome. He had a tiny bit of shed at the end of his tail, but a quick soak fixed that. Weird, everything else shed perfectly and humidity has been spot on for him. Not too worried about a 1/2 inch of shed that came off easy, but was surprised.


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    Re: Figment - Our Hypo Lavender Corn Baby

    Figment is holding in the 610-620G weight range (down from 665G) with feeding an adult mouse every other week. If he drops below 610G, he gets a mouse 2 weeks in a row and then back to every other week. I think he's looking much healthier now and is doing great.


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    Re: Figment - Our Hypo Lavender Corn Baby

    Figment shed recently, but I didn't get any good pictures. Practicing social distancing means more time with the reptiles, so expect pictures galore!

    Seriously, here are a few good shots of Figgie.


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    Re: Figment - Our Hypo Lavender Corn Baby

    Got a few more pictures of Figment today. His purple/amethyst colored eye are amazing.


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    Re: Figment - Our Hypo Lavender Corn Baby

    Figment looking especially Purple today. Lighting has a lot to do with how purple he looks as does the camera used. I got lucky today with just iPhone.

    Handsome boy.


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    Re: Figment - Our Hypo Lavender Corn Baby

    I just looked at his baby pictures and he's gotten enormous! Absolutely a beautiful snake. I love all the purples!
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    Re: Figment - Our Hypo Lavender Corn Baby

    Quote Originally Posted by Reptile$ 4 Life View Post
    I just looked at his baby pictures and he's gotten enormous! Absolutely a beautiful snake. I love all the purples!
    Yeah, same thing with Solana. They start out tiny and get a decent size considering. It's crazy how these 8G little worms turn into real snakes!

    Figment is about 600g now and had been as high as 660g. I was overfeeding him. Not on purpose, but followed some guides and they were wrong.

    Solana is 320g now and eating an adult mouse every other week. She looks lean and fit. Figment is a bigger animal, but had put on some unnecessary weight. He's eating an adult mouse every other week as well and maintaining weight well. If he drops below 600G, I feed him 2 weeks in a row, but never more than 1 adult mouse per week.

    In addition to frequency, I had fed jumbo mice for a short period and that's a big no no. Too much fat. Same with many other snakes, like boas. Feed more frequently, or more prey items, but stay away from fatty items like jumbo and XL mice and rats.

    Anyway, I am not sure the long term consequences for Figment, but hope I caught it very early and with Don Soderberg's help, (South Mountain Reptiles - who I bought Solana from), have him on the right track now.

    Figment is 7 years old and I'd like him to hang around for a while. He's definitely looking leaner and is more active on the reduced feeding regiment.

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