Rescued Corn Update

[dakski]

Thanks for the replies. Her mouse was thawing in the bathroom and she was NOT (very intent on hunting vs sitting still) ok with picture time at the moment. She (or so I'm calling her) was 830 grams, she a bit over 5 ft 3 in ish (hard to measure). I've been feeding a 15-20 g mouse (or two 10-15 g mice) every 6 days, once I get the mice from perfect prey that are hopefully all of similar size I was going to back down to 7-10 days. I figure there's no reason to power feed, If she's under weight she will gain with a steady regimen and if she's good weight hopefully she'll maintain.

I'm going to try and get some good natural light and full body pics this weekends after she's done digesting

Gotta say I've missed colubrid appetites! Still want to get a female pied this year, but I wish I could borrow the corns' feeding response and give it to my male bp sometimes lol

I feel your pain...I've kept BPs in the past.

LOL. Yeah, BP's feeding schedule, as in THEIR feeding schedule is a little different than a colubrid like a corn snake.

I've had Figment for about 4 1/2 years and he turns 5 November 13th. He was about 10G when I got him.

He's refused one meal that entire time. That was the time I offered a weaned rat and he was going into shed and showed no interest. He's gobbled down every other meal since day one.

If you want a bigger size and a boid, but don't want food refusal issues, do what I did, get a Boa!

Of course, that's not without it's issues as well. Behira, my female Ghost BCI, will hit the acrylic doors on her tank in anticipation of a juicy rat, whether it's feeding time or not. At feeding time I usually get at least one door hit before I can get the darn rat in there for her to nail.

All fun and games now at about 1,050G, but I am hoping she chills a little as she grows and doesn't need food so badly (growing girl). I imagine it will be scarier when she's 15-20 pounds . Either way, she's predicable and I am more worried about her hurting herself than nailing me.

She is hook trained and once out of the cage is a total puppy dog. Somewhere between a BP and a corn snake. More active than a BP, but not near as much as a corn, and very calm and deliberate.

Having said all that, I love my BP Shayna, and happily have her with winter fasting and some food refusals in summer too. She's an awesome snake and I've learned it's more of an issue for me than for her when she refuses.