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30-Apr-08, 04:26 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Gold Coast | | |
Just interested to know from those who keep good records how much condition their snakes loose over the cooling period? Maybe as a percentage of body weight lost over the period... |
03-May-08, 12:00 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-05 Location: QLD | | | | mine lose none as i feed thru out the breeding and cooling season, so they actually gain weight which goes into egg production. |
03-May-08, 12:04 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Morningside. Qld Gender:  | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheyne_Jones  Just interested to know from those who keep good records how much condition their snakes loose over the cooling period? Maybe as a percentage of body weight lost over the period... | Is this for snakes that are beign kept with out heating?
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03-May-08, 02:25 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Gold Coast | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TrueBlue mine lose none as i feed thru out the breeding and cooling season, so they actually gain weight which goes into egg production. | Thats super interesting, do you decrease the rate of feeding at all? Do you find some snakes just totally go off the food during the witner? |
03-May-08, 03:00 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Age: 34 | | | | Mine don't lose any condition. They are probably overfed anyway
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03-May-08, 04:10 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Gold Coast | | | | I notice about a 3-5% weight loss during cooling, its not noticeable to the eye but i weigh them every month... | |
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