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    Too fat?

    I'm not really sure if shes over weight? Shes just over a year old and eats mouse fluffs (sometimes 1, sometimes 2) every 8 or 9 days.

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    No, she still looks square. I wouldn't want her any rounder though.

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    Looks OK to me too, but what on earth is a "mouse fluff"? Never heard that term...?
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    Re: Too fat?

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    Looks OK to me too, but what on earth is a "mouse fluff"? Never heard that term...?
    I'm in the UK, that's probably why lol

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    Re: Too fat?

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    Looks OK to me too, but what on earth is a "mouse fluff"? Never heard that term...?
    It's the next size up from a pinky!

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    The snake still looks square to me and you can kinda see some of the muscle definition down the back.


    At a year old I would think it should be on a larger size of prey instead of a fuzzy/fluff.
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    Re: Too fat?

    Quote Originally Posted by 67temp View Post
    The snake still looks square to me and you can kinda see some of the muscle definition down the back.


    At a year old I would think it should be on a larger size of prey instead of a fuzzy/fluff.
    I'm just kinda worried that it will be too big cuz the guy at the store said a small rat is a pretty big jump up

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    Re: Too fat?

    Quote Originally Posted by 67temp View Post
    The snake still looks square to me and you can kinda see some of the muscle definition down the back.


    At a year old I would think it should be on a larger size of prey instead of a fuzzy/fluff.
    I mean mouse! Not rat! Sorry

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    Re: Too fat?

    Quote Originally Posted by Sophieg View Post
    It's the next size up from a pinky!

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    What we call "fuzzy" or some ppl call 'em "crews" since their fur looks a bit like a crew-cut. (eyes still closed, fully nursing)

    Next size up (in U.S.) is a "hopper" (aka "popcorn") very bouncy young mice w/ eyes OPEN, and THEN a "small" (fully weaned) mouse, & so on. > > >

    Corn snakes can take a while to progress, they often start out very tiny, & it takes a long time before they're big enough to up-size prey. I'd treat yours as an
    individual, don't worry about what other snakes are eating, offer the right size food for YOUR snake, & his growth will progress just fine...nothing wrong with "slow-grown". You scared me when you said "small rat"!
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    Re: Too fat?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    What we call "fuzzy" or some ppl call 'em "crews" since their fur looks a bit like a crew-cut. (eyes still closed, fully nursing)

    Next size up (in U.S.) is a "hopper" (aka "popcorn") very bouncy young mice w/ eyes OPEN, and THEN a "small" (fully weaned) mouse, & so on. > > >

    Corn snakes can take a while to progress, they often start out very tiny, & it takes a long time before they're big enough to up-size prey. I'd treat yours as an
    individual, don't worry about what other snakes are eating, offer the right size food for YOUR snake, & his growth will progress just fine...nothing wrong with "slow-grown". You scared me when you said "small rat"!
    Ahh! Yea thank u! Haha Here in the UK, it just goes from fluffs/fuzzys to small mice.. Well, where I buy them anyway!

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    Last edited by Sophieg; 07-30-2019 at 04:18 PM.

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