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Getting obese??

david2donna Oct 17, 2007 10:26 AM

My little corn that I got a few weeks ago is eating very well; perhaps too well! The last inch or so of his tail suddenly tapers. Is this normal or am I overdoing it with the pinkies??

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Sonya Oct 17, 2007 08:15 PM

>>My little corn that I got a few weeks ago is eating very well; perhaps too well! The last inch or so of his tail suddenly tapers. Is this normal or am I overdoing it with the pinkies??

Sounds more like you have a little girl. How often are you feeding and what temps are you keeping it. To me the fat corns are either overfed (more than a meal a week) or under heated (no belly heat to digest fast enough)
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Sonya

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david2donna Oct 18, 2007 12:16 PM

I feed once a week and I have belly heat at 82-84F and ambient temp of 74F. Must be like my brother, the doctor, who had a cat named Tom. Tom had kittens.

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