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Question:

How many days after feeding do you consider the snake to be "empty" and the snakes weight to be accurate?

I think 7-10 days for the rat to be digested, but if the snake hasnt defecated yet, is that skewing the number?

Thanks!

Alan

Technically, if you held off feeding it till it took a dump then it would be empty, and you'd get your true 'empty' weight. The few grams you'd get extra if you didn't wait really don't really matter that much. Mine don't feed on a strict weekly basis so it's easy for me to just wait a week and weigh it. I'm satisfied with that. Just my opinion.

Quig
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Don't interupt me when I'm talkin' to myself

As a side note, all mine usually get weighed and measured right after a shed. At that time they're generally empty anyhow.

Quig
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Don't interupt me when I'm talkin' to myself

I consider "empty" to be 7 days after a feeding and/or after a poo, if the poo's at least a few days after they got fed.

An entertaining side note I noticed today: my BABY snakes poop bigger than the yorkies/chihuahuas/pugs at the kennel I work for.

~jenny
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"The python has, and I fib no fibs,
318 pairs of ribs.
In stating this I place reliance
On a seance with one who died for science
This figure is sworn to and attested,
He counted them while being digested."
~Ogden Nash

jenny.thegreenes.org

"If you're happy and you know it,
Bomb Iraq!
If you cannot find Osama,
Bomb Iraq!
If the terrorists are frisky,
Pakistan is looking shifty,
North Korea is too risky,
Bomb Iraq!

An entertaining side note I noticed today: my BABY snakes poop bigger than the yorkies/chihuahuas/pugs at the kennel I work for.

Which immediately bought to mind a picture I saw of a burms poop (was that in here? )GAWD!! You'd need a shovel.

Quig
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Don't interupt me when I'm talkin' to myself