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Old 04-07-2008, 07:20 PM   #2 (permalink)
aSnakeLovinBabe
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Re: Too large a meal?

I would say no, it's not too big. If it was ANY bigger, it would be. Kingsnakes are gluttons, they may struggle at points on a large meal but as long as they get it down, it's fine. I've had my cali Bandit for 5 years and he very often appears hes going to burst while eating! But he consistently gets it down and even if it takes him a while, he makes progress the whole time.. jut very... very.. slowly. Generally, the rule is take the fattest part of their body and x it by 1.5 for the perfectly sized meal. Usually, they can eat twice their own width without any problems. I treat my garters a little differently though. They get pieces as wide as they are.
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