keep in mind that Corny is over 5 years old and well over 4ft long. he's not a young growing snake; his growth has been stunted for over 4 years from being fed only fuzzies. he should weigh 500g at his age and length (says the internet but i know that's not 100% true).Originally Posted by dakski
Wow, ok. Most people stick to the Munson Plan, as corns will eat anything and everything and gain too much weight if overfed.
Seems like your guy did need more if he was losing weight like that.
Two thoughts though.
1. Have you checked for parasites? That seems like an awful lot of food for a corn his size.
2. If the answer to #1 is that he's clean; if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Below is the munson chart, in case you haven't seen it.
Good luck and keep us in the loop!
i'm not against going to the vet, but i doubt parasites are involved at this point (but I'm an idiot so if any of this is screaming PARASITES then please say so).
the large mice i was offering where ~25g on their BEST day, meaning they were almost always smaller than that (probs closer to 20g). i offered 1 large mouse (~25g) every 7 days from feb to the end of march.
i only started feeding 2 large mice at the end of march, when i realized he hadn't shed out in a while even after i moved him to the large mice (i did not get a weight during this time). it was like once he hit 300g that 1 large mouse just wasn't enough. this was when i panicked and started trying to give him rats bc he was pacing so much and i'm an idiot and i haven't found appropriate sized mice near me.
here's my logs:
so no more rats. period. there is no fast-tracking this. ugh. with the size of mice i can get now (20-25g), can i feed him multiple times a week? should i just place my order of ex breeder mice now and not mess with the pet stores?
i feel like a failure. i was supposed to take him in to a better home and i'm messing this up left and right. this isn't fair to him.
@mods i would appreciate it if this convo was moved to Corny's progression thread or even a new thread (link to Corny's thread in my signature).
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