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caz223
at Tue Oct 2 08:51:57 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by caz223 ]
Hate to rain on your parade, but snakes do most of their growing in the first few years.
For example, I have a corn collection.
I have a pair of yearling corns that are HUGE!!!!
I have one that's 3 years old that's smaller than the yearlings.
I went back to the breeder of the huge corns and asked about the parents of those snakes. It was then that I found out that the father of the corns in question was over 5 feet long, obscenely big for a CBB corn snake. He also has very impressive girth.
I am currently feeding those yearlings one medium adult mouse sized rat every 4 days, and neither has ever refused a meal.
I wouldn't consider that power feeding, but I'm not known for starving my animals, either.
I'd say it's genetics, but they really don't grow much when they get older. If you want a big animal start with a baby from big parents, and feed him what he will eat.
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RE: Reason why I ask is... - caz223, Tue Oct 2 08:51:57 2007