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18-Oct-07, 04:36 PM
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I didn't think there was a problem but my mum walked into my room today - took one look at my 10 month old female MD and said "that doesn't look right - she's enormous, stop feeding that thing (she's not a fan of the hobby)". But now i come to think of it - my boyfriend also calls the MD fatty on occasions - thought i'd check with you guys - she looks fine to me. Big, but proportionate. I feed her weaner mice every 4-5 days.
I also have a male MD and a female Bredli which i feed every 6-7 days, they just don't seem to be as hungry as often. Xana (the fatty in question) spend alot of time in her tree in the pounce/hunting postition with her head down (found it in one of my herp books).
By the way - these photos were taken today - and i fed her yesterday, so she is slightly rounder than usual....
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18-Oct-07, 04:39 PM
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dont think it is a problem....
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18-Oct-07, 04:41 PM
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looks fine to me
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18-Oct-07, 04:44 PM
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so my weaner mouse every 4-5 days isn't over feeding and she won't have horrific egg binding issues when adult?
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18-Oct-07, 04:49 PM
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You should be able to feed a python that size full size mice, once a week
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18-Oct-07, 04:50 PM
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She looks like a nice snake.....She is definately not a fatty......
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18-Oct-07, 04:51 PM
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i feed my snake every 10-13 days. so maybe lengthen it out a little bit to every 6-8 days? jmo
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18-Oct-07, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by caustichumor  You should be able to feed a python that size full size mice, once a week | yea
my maccie is a bit smaller then that and could probably take full grown mice
he's been on weaner mice for a while
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18-Oct-07, 04:54 PM
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Looks like a healthy size snake to me, Id feed it weekly
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18-Oct-07, 04:55 PM
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Look's fine to me as well, i feed all of my snakes every 5 day's just until there around 12 months old then i will be cutting it down to once every 7 day's  .
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18-Oct-07, 05:00 PM
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Nothing wrong with it. It should have nice bulge in the belly if you are feeding it right. Here is a pick of an olive that has just had a nice scarfing........
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18-Oct-07, 05:03 PM
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looks ok to me
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18-Oct-07, 05:20 PM
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Looks very healthy to me, no problem.
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18-Oct-07, 05:33 PM
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Something that size would eat pup rats i try and get mine on them asap they do much better on rats than mice and plus mice stink if you breed them yourself lol.Nice looking python aswell.
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18-Oct-07, 05:49 PM
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Looks fine to me.
I have 2 MD one is the same age as yours browse my name you should find pic threads.
He looks roughly the same size as your.
I feed mine weekly.
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