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She's eating an Anole a week. 12 inches long, how much fatter will she get? Thanks

I doubt it will get any fatter...

Out of every prey item offered it seems ringnecks only get fatter off of rodents.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
www.kingpinreptiles.com

Thanks Mike,

Rodents would mean Pinkies? More meat, less bone than an Anole? If I feed her a Pinkie once a month, would I be stuck always using Pinkies? She's due to eat.

Getting the snake onto pinkies may or may not be easy...
You're gonna have to scent the pinky with a prey item it likes. Maybe rub an anole on the pinky. Put the anole's tail in the pinky's mouse, that sort of thing.

And once a month is too little.

Try once every 2 weeks at the least.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
www.kingpinreptiles.com

Didn't work this time. The pinky died after 18 hrs. I scented it with a fresh Anole, the snake looked at it up close, it wiggled and the snake hid.

Try a frozen/thawed pinky...
And try a tree frog or a fish instead of an anole.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
www.kingpinreptiles.com