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James · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 933

buy no means am i an expert but if she took a rat weaner and a large mouse on the same night i would have a go at feeding larger food or maybe make it more often. But remeber it is a royal so by changing things round might make it stop eating for a while. let us know how you get on.

Dracowoman2 · Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 1:05 am Post subject:

My advice would be to move her up to small rats, my 07's have been taking them for quite some time, but having said that as previously mentioned it's better to go for a slow and stead growth than to try and cram food into her. You could always give her a weaner twice a week, which she would obviously take happily and the 2 seperate meals would be easier to digest for her and stress her out less. If she's eating and healthy judging by weight is not always the best thing to do. When I first moved mine up to small rats some took them no problems and carried on happily, but 1 male and a couple of females decided to stop eating all together, so I would suggest 2 feedings a week to grow her on a little more and get her used to more food, and then try her with a small Wink

Hope that helps, and try not to worry, a royal that is eating is less stressful for you than one that isn't Very Happy

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rachel132002 · Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 1:13 am Post subject:

Right, a lot of royals are overfed and the problem is not visible on the outside but inside the damage can be huge with fatty deposits around organs.

I feed all my snakes on a wild style rota so anywhere between 4-14days they get fed and i have 06s are 400-900g and 07s at 150-500g ALL fed on the same rota.

So long as the royal has good body and muscle tone with no spine or rib protrusions or obvious to the touch it's FINE.

Snakes in captivity are prone to being overfed and most of the time it's unnecessary, ok a well fed royal gets to breeding size quicker which is good and will get some money back quicker but those pushed to breed by 2/3yrs will not live as long in most cases as those grown on slower.

A lot of people will probably disagree here but out of all the snakes i see i see a LOT more overweight snakes than anything else.

Like people there is no ideal weight everything grows at its own pace and i wouldn't be worried about a royal that size at all.

Rachel
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#77 · Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject:

She looks healthy and doesn't feel like there's anything wrong. Her girth is around 4-4.5" and there are no signs of spine or rib protrusions (thankfully).

jimmy.on · Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject:

as i said earlier in the thread i think you are worrying over nothing. i agree with Rachel, if your royal is eating and putting on weight he is happy. the only time i would worry about weight is if it is loosing it.
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