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28-Aug-07, 10:39 PM
|  | Sponsor | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: adelaide | | |
Just wondering what other peoples opinions are on feeding up snakes to make them grow quicker.
I have 2 young bredli's and the boy is bit larger than the girl. Was thinking about just catching her up to him and then backing off the food. Have heard a few different things about it though. |
28-Aug-07, 10:42 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 26  | | | | I feel that it's cruel. Puts strain on their digestive system for no reason and overfed snakes seem to have small heads.
they look gross and unnatural i think |
28-Aug-07, 11:09 PM
|  | Has Happy Herps.... Sponsor | Join Date: Aug-03 Location: SYDNEY | | | | This is a well discussed topic, you should search APSs data base.
what do you consider over feeding bouncn?
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28-Aug-07, 11:12 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 26 | | | | any more than once a week, or perhaps letting them go hungry during shed and trying to play catch up with more or bigger food...
I'm no expert but I just don't like the idea of 'fattening' them up. |
28-Aug-07, 11:21 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Feeding them more over a short period shouldnt hurt while they are growing or before breeding etc. Long term overfeeding will most likely kill your snake eventually. |
28-Aug-07, 11:22 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Behind You :o Age/Gender: 21 | | | | I dont see the point in 'catching it up in size' =\ its not like the snake is malnourished thats causing its smaller size, being smaller than your male wont make any difference will it? |
28-Aug-07, 11:23 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 26 | | | | my point being that you can easily fall into that habit of regular over feeding. |
28-Aug-07, 11:23 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 18  | | | | Is every 5 days ok? |
28-Aug-07, 11:24 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 26 | | | | i do poo feeding or whatever they call it.
feed day or 2 after poo and never have probs |
28-Aug-07, 11:25 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 26 | | | | dont forget they say that some pythons can go 16 weeks without food before showing signs of under nourishment.
not that i'd ever leave it that long |
28-Aug-07, 11:27 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Never ever feed your snake 2 days in a row or god will kill a kitten. |
28-Aug-07, 11:28 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 26 | | | | i heard that a fairie dies... |
29-Aug-07, 06:28 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 14 | | | | I feed my 8 month spotted two fuzzies every 10 days...Is this ok???, or is it considered overfeeding???
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29-Aug-07, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by cris  Never ever feed your snake 2 days in a row or god will kill a kitten. | Really? Wow, I've kept him buisy, and to good use as well! 
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29-Aug-07, 07:43 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Cairns | | | | Skaarf the crows, is it that easy to get rid of cats?
I almost always feed my pythons in bursts of heavy feeding, then back off for a while.
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