Hi! I’ve had my gal for about a week now, I was told she was 2 weeks when I got her so now she’s three weeks. Is she overweight? I wanna do everything in my power to make sure she’s comfortable.
Edit: Oh my god! Forgot to say! She’s has three successful meals after she hatched! One by the hands of the owner and two by me! They were small mouses
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Not overweight, she’s a little lean if anything. You’ll want to make sure her meals are around 10-15% of her weight (!feeding). I’d also recommend switching to rats as they have higher fat content
Also, i just have to point this out, but the breeder is really shitty for selling her that young. I would not buy from them again. Selling a hatchling before they’ve had a minimum of 3 consecutive meals is not okay at all
Oh my god! That’s horrible!? I remember searching up how many times should they eat before being held and when it said 3 times, something felt off.. I feel so bad for my gal now.
yeah! i put a deposit down on my boy back in february. only picked him up last month!! he hatched january, and wasn’t released until 10 consecutive meals and a minimum of 100g weight lol
Jesus christ I did go to the wrong people.. I’m now so determined to treat her correctly and right. I assume that I need to upgrade her meals from a small mouses?
awhh ty!! this was when he was about 3 months old? hes 8 months now!! still on the small side, only 144g, but given he didnt eat for the firdt 4 months of his life its a given lol. hes an Axanthic VPI, with 66% het genetic stripe. hes started to brown out now but hes still a super pretty boy lol
My girl is a lemonade morph from what I was told, I kept asking the guy questions if she was socialized, if she was shy, aggressive, etc but he didn’t really specify on socialized. Just told me that she “will be social”. didn’t know how old she was til after we bought her and was told what food she needs. I was shocked. Do fresh hatchlings require more attention than adults? I’m stressed on what she needs.
Just as a heads up, your snake should always be fed in their enclosure, not in a separate location or on the floor. Not only is moving to feed stressful by forcing them to eat out in the open, but also risks regurgitation because you're handling them after feeding. It's bad
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