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Re: What is the biggest in a year?
So what kind of a feeding schedule do you guys use? I have 3 '09 females and was planning on breeding them not next season but the following one. I've read that many people have gotten girls to breeding size in 18 months, what kind of a feeding plan does that take?
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Re: What is the biggest in a year?
 Originally Posted by krinklebearcat
So what kind of a feeding schedule do you guys use? I have 3 '09 females and was planning on breeding them not next season but the following one. I've read that many people have gotten girls to breeding size in 18 months, what kind of a feeding plan does that take?
I feed everything under 500g every 4 to 5 days, depending on if the animal has a good feeding response its 3 to 4 days. Then move to every 7 days. I will also offer my females a second prey item if they still seem like they are hunting after they have reached 500g. I prefer my males to be lean so they only get offered one prey item a week after 500g.
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Re: What is the biggest in a year?
 Originally Posted by Turbo Serpent
I feed everything under 500g every 4 to 5 days, depending on if the animal has a good feeding response its 3 to 4 days. Then move to every 7 days. I will also offer my females a second prey item if they still seem like they are hunting after they have reached 500g. I prefer my males to be lean so they only get offered one prey item a week after 500g.
Pretty much what I do too
Jerry Robertson

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Re: What is the biggest in a year?
 Originally Posted by Turbo Serpent
She is April 09 (4/20/09) So she still has some time to gain more. And before you got her from me she had been off feed for a little over a month.
She was an eater from the start. She started on mice, then ASFs, and before she went off feed she was on rats. that girl could EAT.
Both are off feed currently.

But she should be good for next year.
I feed all my snakes ever 10 days, except our Burm.
she gets a 7-9 lb. rabbit every 14-20 days.
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Re: What is the biggest in a year?
 Originally Posted by FIEND_FO_LYFE
ive got a few 700 gram girls from last year aswell, but 904 is the biggest.
How on earth did you get nearly 1000 grams in one year?!
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Re: What is the biggest in a year?
 Originally Posted by FrostFell
How on earth did you get nearly 1000 grams in one year?!
... ? feed it?
i mean... im only feeding small rabbits to all my corn snakes... 
No, but many people feed yearlings every 4-5 days.
where i take a 7-10 day approach.
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Re: What is the biggest in a year?
 Originally Posted by FrostFell
How on earth did you get nearly 1000 grams in one year?!
I have two females that should reach 1000 grams at 1 years old, fed twice a week till they hit 500 or so grams and then I upped their prey size so they only take once a week now.
Jerry Robertson

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Re: What is the biggest in a year?
So how many people feed little and often and how many feed larger and less frequent? My animals tend to have 1 larger prey item weekly and they seem to grow at a similar rate to animals fed smaller items every 4 days or so, so it seems there's not a huge difference.
I prefer this as it means my animals are normally empty come feeding time so usually feed more consistantly, there is less frequent cleaning out required and of course, it works out cheaper!
Also, has anyone studied the weight gain from different food items? I've heard it's typically 20% for mice, 30% for rats and 40% for multis (ASFs)? That means for every 100g of mice you feed, the weight gain is only 20g compared to 30g for 100g of rats and 40g for 100g of multis.
Chris
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Re: What is the biggest in a year?
I don't know how old my BP is but I just got him back in November of last year. I just weighed him for the first time and he is right at 935 grams.
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Re: What is the biggest in a year?
Got a 2008 female in March of 09 she was 300 grams. As of Dec 12th 2009 she was 1800 grams.
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