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?Wierd to eat during blue phase?

jm297667 Mar 08, 2004 11:31 PM

I was just wanting to know if it was odd for a corn to eat during blue phase.

Replies (8)

nodaksnakelover Mar 09, 2004 12:01 AM

Hi!
A lot of snakes won't eat when in shed, but a good number still do! You just have a lower chance of a snake taking a meal when it is in shed. Thus if you've got to thaw a mouse out, well, then you think twice about thawing it out if the snake is in shed and might not eat. Nothing wrong with waiting till after the shed to feed.
Russell Keys
Keys Reptiles

arinin Mar 09, 2004 01:05 AM

This is not recommended - feeding snakes in shed, because in this period of their life their circulatory system overload by sedding process and if you give it mouse this load increase. If this happen your snake may die from infarct.

This is not rule, but this periodically happen.
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Ivan Arinin
ICQ 151665951
E.g. guttata Normal 2.3
E.g. guttata Albino 2.4
E.g. guttata Oketee 2.0
E.g. guttata Hypo Oketee 1.1
E.g. guttata Albino Okeetee 2.2
E.g. guttata Ghost 2.3
E.g. guttata Motley 2.2
E.g. guttata Albino Motley 2.2
E.g. guttata Anerythristic 2.2
E.g. guttata Snow 2.4
E.g. guttata Creamsicle 2.1
E.g. rosacea 2.2
E.g. emoryi 2.2

E. persica black 3.4
E. persica brown 2.1
E. longissima 4.6
E. situla 3.3
E. dione 54
E. bimaculata 4.3
E. quatourlineata 10.15

E. o. obsoleta yellow 2.2
E. o. lindheimeri White Sided 2.2.
E. o. lindheomeri Leucistic 1.2
E. o. lindheimeri Black Orange 2.2
E. o. quatourlineata 1.3
E. o. quatourlineata Deckerti 2.2
E. o. quatourlineata Williamsi 1.0
E. o. rossalleni 2.2

Langaha madagascariensis 2.1.12
Cylindrophis ruffus 0.1
Enhydris plumbea 1.0

jm297667 Mar 09, 2004 01:51 AM

great, i've already had worries about her health lately because she hasnt been defecating. One more thing to worry about!

jm297667 Mar 09, 2004 01:56 AM

Infarct mean stroke?

IcedGoddess Mar 09, 2004 09:29 AM

infarction would be heart, she may have mis-typed and meant impact? Ahhh language! lol Too bad there is't a universal one for places like this.

Most of my snakes eat while in blue. Only a few of the youngest ones wont. I'm actually surprized when one will refuse because their shedding, because the one I've had the longest has never refused a meal, until now because she's full of eggs that are never ganna come out!!!! lol, still awaiting the pre-lay shed, this patience stuff sucks! But anyway, she eats anytime, blue or not, and trust me, she POOPS! LOL
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Dianne
AKA IcedGoddess
6.7 Cornsnakes
1.3 Cats
0.1 Child
IcedGoddess Creations
Castle Serpents

arinin Mar 09, 2004 09:40 AM

I mean that circulatory system is overloaded and this may finish very bad for snake.

About your snakes, which eat while blue. My snakes often reject feeding object or regurge earlier eat mice.
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Ivan Arinin
ICQ 151665951
E.g. guttata Normal 2.3
E.g. guttata Albino 2.4
E.g. guttata Oketee 2.0
E.g. guttata Hypo Oketee 1.1
E.g. guttata Albino Okeetee 2.2
E.g. guttata Ghost 2.3
E.g. guttata Motley 2.2
E.g. guttata Albino Motley 2.2
E.g. guttata Anerythristic 2.2
E.g. guttata Snow 2.4
E.g. guttata Creamsicle 2.1
E.g. rosacea 2.2
E.g. emoryi 2.2

E. persica black 3.4
E. persica brown 2.1
E. longissima 4.6
E. situla 3.3
E. dione 54
E. bimaculata 4.3
E. quatourlineata 10.15

E. o. obsoleta yellow 2.2
E. o. lindheimeri White Sided 2.2.
E. o. lindheomeri Leucistic 1.2
E. o. lindheimeri Black Orange 2.2
E. o. quatourlineata 1.3
E. o. quatourlineata Deckerti 2.2
E. o. quatourlineata Williamsi 1.0
E. o. rossalleni 2.2

Langaha madagascariensis 2.1.12
Cylindrophis ruffus 0.1
Enhydris plumbea 1.0

IcedGoddess Mar 09, 2004 03:49 PM

I'm sure that happens, just not to mine so far. I don't purposely feed while blue, but there have been many times where I'll drop a mouse or rat in and a blue eyed snake will come out of hiding to eat. None have had any problems with it yet though. The few times a snake has refused a meal was because they were blue though, so maybe they just know when it's too much for them to handle.?
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Dianne
AKA IcedGoddess
6.7 Cornsnakes
1.3 Cats
0.1 Child
IcedGoddess Creations
Castle Serpents

arinin Mar 11, 2004 08:44 AM

I sure that it is so. Snakes definitely know what they need and what not
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Ivan Arinin
ICQ 151665951
E.g. guttata Normal 2.3
E.g. guttata Albino 2.4
E.g. guttata Oketee 2.0
E.g. guttata Hypo Oketee 1.1
E.g. guttata Albino Okeetee 2.2
E.g. guttata Ghost 2.3
E.g. guttata Motley 2.2
E.g. guttata Albino Motley 2.2
E.g. guttata Anerythristic 2.2
E.g. guttata Snow 2.4
E.g. guttata Creamsicle 2.1
E.g. rosacea 2.2
E.g. emoryi 2.2

E. persica black 3.4
E. persica brown 2.1
E. longissima 4.6
E. situla 3.3
E. dione 54
E. bimaculata 4.3
E. quatourlineata 10.15

E. o. obsoleta yellow 2.2
E. o. lindheimeri White Sided 2.2.
E. o. lindheomeri Leucistic 1.2
E. o. lindheimeri Black Orange 2.2
E. o. quatourlineata 1.3
E. o. quatourlineata Deckerti 2.2
E. o. quatourlineata Williamsi 1.0
E. o. rossalleni 2.2

Langaha madagascariensis 2.1.12
Cylindrophis ruffus 0.1
Enhydris plumbea 1.0

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