Saturday, January 23, 2010

Pinkys Look Alike We Bought A Florida King Snake And Wonder About Feeding?

We bought a Florida King Snake and wonder about feeding? - pinkys look alike

When we purchased our snake in the store and told us, 1 Pinky is all I think, 2 times per week. (Does Barly alive) 3 pinky mice ate on the second day after he was killed. Now we have four months was long and is very satisfied with 3-4 Pinky twice a week or even 3 Fuzzies (hairless) per week, sometimes twice a week.

It has already launched its 20-liter tank. This is literally from one extreme to the other and vice versa. This time it is. He has lost 3 times that I know.

We were told by a breeder that they can eat as much as you need them, and fed twice a week. We are moved normally and well.
My questions are:
1) Is there a term such as food when it comes to Florida king snakes?
2) The delivery once a month, that many?
We do not try to force him to eat, sometimes, as if looking over when he with the 3 Fuzzies.


Sandy

8 comments:

xyz_gd said...

You overfeeding him. Newborns can often deal with food, mainly because the little finger, very few nutrients. However, the snakes need time to digest their food. They are opportunistic investors that is, they eat when food is available, but that does not mean you should make available frequently. You can eat once or twice a week in Nature, but then it could be a few weeks or months before they can get another meal.

At this point I would probably be a mouse to handle small to medium without any problems and you feed him once a week. If you continue with this program, you are the owner of a snake obese. You can tell if they become too fat, even if visible wrinkles, when rolled, or if you can see the skin between the scales.

Finally, once throwing a month is too frequent. It is run once every 6-8 weeks if the right diet, until he an adult.

Good luck.

andy s said...

because I agree or feed more my boa dosent eat so much. and the discharge is normal, but this is especially so small, but it is throwing a lot. but slower than food

hoodoowo... said...

I bought a king took place in March (or almost) and he is now a 30-liter tank. The Florida Kingsnakes seem a little larger than California and the Kings are definitely healthy diet.

There is a King of Cali in the pet store where I bought, Elvis Presley and feed only once a week and still not much bigger than Elvis when I bought it. I think that feed the pet shops to sell to minors, at least, so that they prevent more easily.

One thing I have noticed that it is economically the most consumed prey feed. Elvis hoppers eat now (probably large enough for full-size)-mouse, but if I gave him a joy I'll give a few little fingers ...... After all the food in nature, what they find. Great as it is, Elvis really excited by small fingers, which are their favorites.

thepaint... said...

You can feed at this point. In the wild snake a mother mouse or a rat's nest and the snake is held wholly or partly babies (depending on usage, whether it is a fight the rodents MoMA). It is not uncommon to see snakes have long Inbetween eat what they eat everything that could have limited the brain and not consider the consequences of extra calories. They eat, digest, poohp, dandruff, skin, mate, eat, digest and so on. I agree in a shed, every six to eight weeks is good, every 4 weeks is a sign of overfeeding is Snakey

Redneck Crow said...

Instead of feeding a couple of little finger, so the size of the prey. Pinkies have a very small bones and snakes get the calcium needed to digest bone. If you eat 3 Fuzzies trying funnel or small mice.

To a snake, you can feed your body grow so fast that focuses on their bodies. A step back a little to eat, only one or at most two dams of adequate size per week.

Redneck Crow said...

Instead of feeding a couple of little finger, so the size of the prey. Pinkies have a very small bones and snakes get the calcium needed to digest bone. If you eat 3 Fuzzies trying funnel or small mice.

To a snake, you can feed your body grow so fast that focuses on their bodies. A step back a little to eat, only one or at most two dams of adequate size per week.

Redneck Crow said...

Instead of feeding a couple of little finger, so the size of the prey. Pinkies have a very small bones and snakes get the calcium needed to digest bone. If you eat 3 Fuzzies trying funnel or small mice.

To a snake, you can feed your body grow so fast that focuses on their bodies. A step back a little to eat, only one or at most two dams of adequate size per week.

jenna b said...

Hopefully shed'smeans growing love all food faster.I Kingsnakes sweetest.your Phineas is my it.the time you eat, there is another grow.just the snake eat other snakes.Your it. they are doing great!

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