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30-May-07, 09:56 AM
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Am i underfeeding Loki?
hes a 16 month old bredli, about 1.4 metres long and gets a 70g rat every 2.5-3 weeks,...
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30-May-07, 10:00 AM
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nope, my 3 year old coastal is only about 1.3-1.4m, loki sounds fine
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30-May-07, 10:02 AM
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cool, thanks, i was just reading that thread about someone feeding their 9 month old MD a 700g rat weekly and thought i might be starving him.  thats like 30 times the food Loki gets,...!!!
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30-May-07, 10:03 AM
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lol no what that person claimed to be doing was grossly over feeding and shortening the life of their snake.
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30-May-07, 10:08 AM
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thats if it was even a serious post,...i couldnt work it out,...!!
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30-May-07, 10:08 AM
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loki sounds like a very healthy snake chris1, that other person if telling the truth should not be feeding his MD such a large rat... my 5.5 ft water python doesn't even eat rats nearly a kilo in weight. It's appalling
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30-May-07, 10:10 AM
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my 3yr old 1.6m coastal only eats 200g rats
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30-May-07, 10:16 AM
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my waters are having a 400g rat that leaves a visible lump in their gut and is gone in 3days,they are most certainly not losing weight
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30-May-07, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris1  Am i underfeeding Loki?
hes a 16 month old bredli, about 1.4 metres long and gets a 70g rat every 2.5-3 weeks,... | Your not underfeeding him, but you could be feeding him double that without any problems.
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30-May-07, 10:26 AM
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another thing chris, i would bump feed size 2 100-150g and stick with feeding every 2 weeks, only just realised hes on 70g rats
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30-May-07, 10:34 AM
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cool, i've got 2 of the 70g rats left so i'll give him both of them next feed, then i'll bump him up a size.
thanks!
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30-May-07, 12:06 PM
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Question - what would be a 70g rat (i don't particularly want to weigh the rats that I buy on my kitchen scales). I've just increased my 4 foot - 15 month bredli to two fuzzy rats a week - is that too much??? He seems quite content.....
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30-May-07, 12:12 PM
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i'll have to check his feeding records, but i think fuzzy rats were under 20g. the 70g ones are 'small' from,...umm,..its got a green label, i'll check tonight,...
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30-May-07, 12:14 PM
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You get the doolittle farm ones dont you chris? Where does it say their weight?
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30-May-07, 12:29 PM
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Okay - well two of those a week shoudn't be hurting him (I've only just start feeding him two on Sunday) and he seems to be happy enough - he's the sort of snake that needs routine - only happy to be held at certain times of the day and gets snappy if he isn't being fed on the same day - so at the moment I might just keep him at two per week!!!!!
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