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FR
at Thu Aug 18 13:22:12 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]
Now for me being me, you know, irratating others. hahahahahaha
Sorry for any I do that too, its not about you, but about your methods, terminolgy and such.
Such terms are power feeding are such bad terms and very very misused. For instance, it cannot be powerfeeding if you feed a hungry animals, its only eating what it thinks it needs. What is happening instead is, when there are problems, its more about keeper not supporting the snakes efforts. In this case, if a snake is consuming a lot, it must have the metabolism to utilize that energy, which means more usable heat. As Bluerosy says, and I agree, they do not get fat, all they do is produce more.
Of course there are qualifications to that. Old indiviuduals will get fat, they stop or slow down reproduction. Also older males sometimes get a bit out of hand.
Those are not the norm, but exceptions that can be dealt with individually.
What is odd to me is, every method does not fit all individuals, so why do folks want this method where the snakes predict their choices and needs be different?
So yes, if supported, its very normal for kingsnakes to double clutch and at times triple. I have heard of more, but have not experienced it.
I have seen triple clutches twice in nature, once with pyros and once with a black coachwhip.
So how much they need to be fed is based on what control they have on their metabolism. How much they produce is based on the individuals processing energy into yolk mass efficentily.
Thanks
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RE: Double clutching? - FR, Thu Aug 18 13:22:12 2011
