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Old 04-30-2008, 08:22 AM   #1 (permalink)
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feeding too much?

hi, i have a baby albino molurus... i fed her 4 small mice on sun, and i fed him another 4 o wed... is it too much? because she kept asking 4 more.. thx
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Old 04-30-2008, 08:26 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: feeding too much?

seems like a little much maybe 2 each feeding sounds better
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hi, i have a baby albino molurus... i fed her 4 small mice on sun, and i fed him another 4 o wed... is it too much? because she kept asking 4 more.. thx
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Old 04-30-2008, 09:46 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: feeding too much?

Oh, I don't know, these Pythons grow at an astonishing rate when they're very young. You'll know if it's too much, she'll regurgitate it.
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Old 04-30-2008, 11:57 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: feeding too much?

she never regurgitates anything... on the prev sunday, it ate 2 mice... on the following sun, it ate 4 more, and just pooped twiced on mon and tue... gave her another 4 on wed, ad she seemed to ask 4 more... is the metabolism alright? is it too much feeding? thx...
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Old 04-30-2008, 11:59 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: feeding too much?

How big is she? Can you post a picture?
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Old 04-30-2008, 12:02 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: feeding too much?

i can't really tell... maybe she is 55-65cm long...
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Old 04-30-2008, 02:08 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: feeding too much?

I once had a phyton that eat like that when it was younger.
Once she got older she cut back on it.

I figure,if she eats it,and seems is in healthy shape..it shouldnt be much of a problem
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Old 04-30-2008, 08:16 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: feeding too much?

if it's a baby... give them as much as they want!! as long as the snake is fully digesting, you don't need to worry, it's only going to turn it into growth!
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Old 05-01-2008, 04:46 AM   #9 (permalink)
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thx.. i appreciate the answers
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Old 05-01-2008, 06:51 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: feeding too much?

I had a Ball that did that until it got older to and bigger...........
It also ate an extra large rat when it was about 36inches long, I mean this rat was huge, and it took it about 1-1/2 hours to get it down and then didn't eat for like 6 months........any way just wanted to share that......
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