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Yesterday, after all the worrying and fretting over our new albino cornsnake mother, she ate came out of hiding and searched all around the tank. We took her out and offered her a small mouse which she gobbled up without hesitation!!
She is quite thin, but we don't want to overdo things, so should we just stick to the usual weekly feeding of one adult mouse or should we give her some fuzzy snacks in between to build her up?

There are 18 eggs by the way, and they look fertile (you could see bloodvessels through the shells when we put them into the vermiculite). Hopefully we will get it right and get some new additions!!!

All good experience!!!
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Vicks and Bubbs

lol, I was so excited I put an 'ate' in where it wasn't supposed to be!!
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Vicks and Bubbs

0.1 albino corn snake (Doris)
1.0 grey rat snake (Derek)
0.1 brindle pooch (Stella)
1.2 moggies (Sid, sadie and Puddy)
2.0 homo sapien monsteris (aged 7 and 8)

>>Yesterday, after all the worrying and fretting over our new albino cornsnake mother, she ate came out of hiding and searched all around the tank. We took her out and offered her a small mouse which she gobbled up without hesitation!!
>>She is quite thin, but we don't want to overdo things, so should we just stick to the usual weekly feeding of one adult mouse or should we give her some fuzzy snacks in between to build her up?
>>
>>There are 18 eggs by the way, and they look fertile (you could see bloodvessels through the shells when we put them into the vermiculite). Hopefully we will get it right and get some new additions!!!
>>
>>All good experience!!!
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>>Vicks and Bubbs
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Congrats.
I am glad she ate for you.
Some people recommend feeding a small to medium sized item every 4 days or so, for a couple of weeks, just to put the weight back on.
I personally started with a hopper after each of mine laid and four days later gave them a weanling and after that I just went back to their weekly feeding schedule of one adult mouse.
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Jimmy (draybar)