I have a several month old snow corn who I would like to fatten up and get growing. I started out feeding him a pinkie once a week, and now have him going for one every 5 days. Other than keeping his feeding schedule as is, does anyone know any other ways to jump start his growth?
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Accelerated Growth
kiknskreem
Feb 21, 2004 11:26 AM
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maizeysdad
Feb 21, 2004 12:19 PM
If your snake is several months old, it may be time to move up to fuzzies. Also, My several month old corn snake eats every 4-5 days.
K
stratchick
Feb 21, 2004 01:39 PM
You can try rat pinks. They have 'more to' them than mice of equal size, and are about the same size as a mouse fuzzy. You can then keep the snake on rats, rather than feeding more smaller prey when the snake is an adult.
IcedGoddess
Feb 22, 2004 04:46 PM
I just wonder why it is you're trying to get him a "jump start"? It's best not to over feed or try to rush them to grow. Rat pinks are about the size of a hopper mouse, I usually move rats when the snakes eat more than one hopper a week. And then pups rather than pinks.
Just my opinion, but I see no reason to rush them to grow. It does more harm than good.
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