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Neffy · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:51 pm Post subject: Fuzzy?

I'm gonna be upping Angels mouse size when she's shed ( she's in the blue now ) to fuzzies. How often should i give her a fuzzy? I was giving her 2 large pinkies every 5 days do i feed as often with a fuzzy or only once every 7 days?
Just want to make sure im not power feeding her Smile

Gazza85 · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject:

Give it to her every 5 days. It shouldnt be a problem

As for power feeding, this is a method of once a snake has started to eat its mouse, when it has nearly finished another mouse is put straight behind it, and the snake will continiously eat with out the option of stoppings.

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Neffy · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:06 pm Post subject:

Snowy · Contributing Member Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 179

That is also power feeding. It is a way to get a snake to grow as fast as possible, because technically breeding is about size mostly, we bring age into it.

I would also stick with the feeding regime you are currently doing. The dropping is when you finally get upto mice. Once on mice my lot had their feeding reduce to once every 7 days. Though I like to laternat every 4th feed with a equivalent sized rat.
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David Maguire · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject:

i would feed it 1 every seven days as in the wild they probably get about half as much as in captivity or if not less
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