Corn and Feeding / weight gain

[dakski]

Well, I fed her yesterday evening around 7 - so I hope the mouse isn't still visible lol. If I were to do a cross section I would say she is more triangular than bread shaped. Not as bad as she was a month ago, but her spine is still definitely higher than the apaxial muscles that are on either side. Maybe 1-2ish millimeters higher than the muscles - she had "loose" skin around she neck when I got her that has since tightened up.

As for prey size, should she be on something larger than 18-25g mice be better? Like rat pups, or two mice per feeding? She's 847g currently

First of all, 847G is a pretty big corn, and from the pictures, she does not look underweight to me.

I am inserting a few pictures below of Figment, my Hypo-Lavender adult male. He's 640G and just about 5FT.

Secondly, I would feed an appropriate sized mouse to your corn per meal, but more often if you are worried about weight. Keep in mind, corns are not stocky animals like BP's and other boids. They are lean and quick, not big and bulky.

I have 2 corns, 1 BP, and 1 BCI as snakes go. The corns are my wide receivers, lean and fast, but strong. My BP is the lineman - strong, but has little extra meat on her, and not super quick. My BCI is the tight end. Strong, big, and quick, but the bulk is all muscle.

I feed Figment one jumbo (35-50G mouse) every 2 weeks for 3 feedings and then the fourth feeding is a week later. So in 7 weeks, he gets 4 meals. Then I go back to every two weeks for the next three.

I do not like rats as a staple diet for corns. They are mouse eaters.

You could offer 2 18-25G mice, but it's easier to digest one jumbo than 2 normal/small mice.

If you are worried about weight, offer her 1 jumbo weekly. I think you can feed one jumbo mouse every 10-14 days and she will be fine.

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