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rtdunham
at Fri Nov 13 18:26:32 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rtdunham ]
>>... so I bump this up to 90?...
First of all, as to his size, a yearling could definitely be much larger than what you describe. On the other hand, there's nothing written saying, "snake management mandates a race to biggest and soonest..." Feeding him a fuzzy every week roughly during much of the summer isn't gonna produce robust growth, but it shouldn't hurt him, either. Next spring, IF you wanted to, you could certainly up the ante with the size of food items, as you had begun to do, OR by increasing frequency. Or both. Kings are capable of dramatic growth if you provide them the means, but you don't have to.
As for the temps, I'd not raise them. What you had set up was working fine--he was eating when offered, until recently. I still think that change is an internal clock, seasonal thing. You can't overcome that just by pumping the temps up higher and higher, nor, in my opinion, should you try. Maybe he'll eat monthly during the winter: it's very likely you'll have more rejected food items than you encountered during the summer. I suspect everything's fine with your snake and your management.
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RE: Feeding question.Mouse too big? - rtdunham, Fri Nov 13 18:26:32 2009