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Lynne · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 1:48 pm Post subject:

he is same but is very athletic looking with all the excersise he gets prowling for more food. he is very long though, this could be a spider trait as well i suppose. i just love spiders and anything with spider in it.
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quasimodo · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject:

Lynne · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:03 pm Post subject:

ghana is fed every 7 days, but tbh would eat more if i offered. but i dont want to push him. plenty time for him to grow. i never am sure if what im feeding him fills him up though. he gets a small rat but a larger small rat if you get my meaning!!!!! Shocked

whats your wee chap getting??
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quasimodo · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:12 pm Post subject:

at Lynne. I think that larger small rat sums it up nicely. Do not weigh them but they are a reasonable size. Go on Lynne, make me feel a bad Mother and tell me what your boy weighs....

Must thank the Moderator who changed the wording for me THANKS

Lynne · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:16 pm Post subject:

he is 614 grams. that was when i weighed him last month. and i dont weigh his rats either. and i can positively say you are not a bad mother!!! Laughing

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Dracowoman2 · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:34 pm Post subject:

My boy once ate 3 weaners in one sitting, but that was only because they were going spare and he just kept gulping them down and looking for more Embarassed

Usually mine has a large small rat but occasionally he gets a small medium rat, my youngest snakes get a size that doesn;t leave much of a bump in the middle if any, and my bigger ones get a rat that leaves a slight bump. I tend to work on their food items being no more than one and a half time their width, although in desperation on occasions they have had food items almost twice their width, but never on a regular basis. All my lot get fed every 7 days, apart from the ones that are over 1kg, and they get fed every 7 to 14 days to slow their growth so they don't poound it on too fast. Some weeks they want smaller size and some weeks they want larger size, I just had to guess whatthey want this week before raiding the freezer Laughing

Forgot to say I haven't weighed my lot for a few months, if they are eating fine and looking ok then I don't tend to bother, but I want to do it this weekend just to see who the fatties are Laughing

The closer we get to breeding season the more regularly they will get weighed Very Happy

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bumblebee · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject:

my female spider eats like each it is her last meal, and she does noet have the wobble
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1.1 Hypo Salmon Boa (Gee Line)
0.1 Boa C.I. Orange
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jamie_s · Site Moderator Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Posts: 1963

all three if my spider have strange quirky movement's,nothing freaky or over the top but then again non are what i would call regular.the best time to look for them doing is when its dark and there is just a little bit of light,i dunno why and i think it was ralph who mentioned this.i sat and watched my male spider and he was sat almost grooving with his head slightly moving from side to side Laughing

i dont know what he was thinking about but he was enjoying himself by the looks of it,he's the most rock solid of my three as well.good post claire Wink

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Dracowoman2 · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject:

So your spider is related to Stevie Wonder then Jamie Laughing

Or maybe he just thinks he's a rap star Laughing

I oftern wander in to the snakie room at night with a torch just to see what everyone does at night Very Happy

Why thank yo kind Sir Very Happy

I find it very hard to write short posts, always turn into War and Peace no matter how hard I try Embarassed

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snd reptiles · Contributing Member Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 106

our spiders have a bit of a wobble going on but only at night 1 shakes it head likes its excited when its feeding time , not sure weather the bee has a wobble on yet i dare say she will , all are my best feeders never turn down food the same