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How many of your collections are:

100% off-feed?

75% off-feed?

50% off-feed?

25% off-feed?

I'll start: My collection is still in various stages of breeding and ready to drop so 75% of my collection is off-feed.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

I have three that are still off feed

I have three that took thier first meal (since going off) this past feeding

And I have two that have been sporatic since Mid March - one of them keeps taking the dam thing but not eating it.

The rest are feeding weekly!

Ironically 32 of my 40 snakes are currently in their shed cycle. The other 8 have recently shed (within the past couple of weeks).

Guess everyone is getting ready for spring!
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

6.42.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi)
0.1.0 Bredls Python (Smurfette)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.0 frogs rescued from pool skimmer
0.0.1 Lizard of unknown origin

>>Ironically 32 of my 40 snakes are currently in their shed cycle. The other 8 have recently shed (within the past couple of weeks).

This weekend, I made a comment about this to someone. I noticed that for the past few sheds, about 1/3 - 1/2 of my collection shed w/in a week of eacother. Interesting
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Jeremy Conrad
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...Can't...stop...must...get...more...balls...

Right now I only have a ball, and burm. The ball is 100% off-feed right now as he does every year this time. The burmese though.. of course he's ready to eat anything and everything, anytime. My ball usually doesn't start eating again til mid May sometimes June. ; )

50% of my breeders are off feed.
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Kyle J. Stevens
Royal Variations Ltd.

Many a false step is made from standing still.

I have one female that hasn't eaten in months, my other 4 snakes eat regularly.

I have a few gravid, off feeders

I have one 1600g female that took her first meal since Dec. 19th yesterday.

All my 05's are feeding and 1/2 of my 04's are feeding
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Jeremy Conrad
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...Can't...stop...must...get...more...balls...

most are.....all sizes ......sexes....mine,African and the rest....
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My collection is about 10% off feed. This is the best i have ever had them feed at this time of year. Oh and by the way I have about 55 balls.
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BPs are B-E-A-UTIFUL!!!!!

About 75% of my collection is off feed. Of those that are feeding, it's mostly males and younger females. Only 3 of my breeder females are still taking food.

n/p
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1.2 Normal Bps (Ka, Khayli, Monster)
1.2 100% Het Albino (Mr Stash, Bahari, ?)
.1 Lemon Pastel (Penenlope)
1. Spider bp (Zero)
.1 Red Blood Python (Qermez)

n/p
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1.2 Normal Bps (Ka, Khayli, Monster)
1.2 100% Het Albino (Mr Stash, Bahari, ?)
.1 Lemon Pastel (Penenlope)
1. Spider bp (Zero)
.1 Red Blood Python (Qermez)

10% off feed. Mostly males or females that are at that "1000"g range that usually shut down around that time, as far as the timed shedding, it is because for the most part, they are all fed on the same schedule and they average the same weight gain at the same time as the others, smaller ones get smaller meals, larger ones get...well you get it, there are always some eating more or less, if they all ate the same way, and at the same time, every time, you would have all of them go into shed at the same time. As far as my low "off feed" percentage, I think it has to do with the normally high temps and humidity in S Florida, I know we do grow some big ball pythons down here, only problem with that is that our breeding season is much shorter.

50% of my breeders are off feed right now. Others (smaller females and males) are eating up a storm.
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Alice Cobb

I have one snake off feed. She is a late '04 and growing rediculously slow. She isn't skinny for her length, a little less than two feet about 600g. I have an '05 that has out grown her by a couple inches and 100 grams. My girlfriend and I seriously think she is a dwarf bp. -j.
The normal is the late '04 (Nov. '04) and the gold is the '05 (CH April '05).

Here is the gold less than a year ago. She is the one on the right.

I'd say 50%
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gail

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All the breeders are off feed still. Only one breeder male has started eating again but then most only stopped eating in Jan or Feb. All my non breeders started eating again last month.
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Nita Hamilton
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Ball Pythons
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