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| doogle |
Posted - 19/12/2011 : 19:39:48
hey all i recently brought my first brb , ive research them for over 12 months before going ahead and buying one , like with all my snakes i like to weigh them when i buy them and carry on weighing the once every 2 months just to make sure they are a healthy weight
my question is what is a healthy weight for a cb11 brb
thanks for any help :) |
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| Snakesitter |
Posted - 28/12/2011 : 21:18:50
You are right to be concerned, that *is* a possible risk. You might want to switch his substrate to paper towel, newspaper, and moss until you get him feeding. Easier to clean anyway. That said, I'd hold off on feeding until after the vet visit -- and for a day after to let him settle again. |
| doogle |
Posted - 27/12/2011 : 20:08:41
im worried about feeding him an his viv as i use aspen bedding as a substrate , and heard lots of storys about the snake swallowing bedding with the food |
| Snakesitter |
Posted - 27/12/2011 : 19:26:31
Doogle, try feeding him in his own viv. Some snakes are turned off by handling before feeding. If you can get him to strike from ambush, all the better -- it simulates the natural feeding response. So, next time, feed him in viv, and just after dusk (which is Brazilians are the most active anyway).
BTW, not feeding is a possible sign of illness, so really consider that vet appointment. |
| doogle |
Posted - 26/12/2011 : 22:30:14
the everglades are feeding fine took first time and have taken twice now no problem , the brb on the other hand has refused 3 offerings now , iv always warmed the food the way you hav suggested in warm water lol , i always take my snakes out there viv to feed them i put them i a container , with the last offering i put the brb in and offered him the food , he seemed scared of it , i left him in the continer with the food and put the container in the viv over night hoping he would eat it , i checked the next morning and he was just coiled up over the top of the fluff , any suggestions why or anything i could try toget him to take it , or even get him to show some interest in it |
| gmac |
Posted - 26/12/2011 : 20:28:33
is best not cooking the food, nasty gut explosion usually follows ;)
Just by putting in a sandwich bag and leaving in warm water is usually enough to get them to a nice temp, I also dip the head only in hot water to make sure snake goes for the correct end.
The evergladed will be fine on the mice, so lang as the prey size is not greater than 1.5 x the snakes width anything bigger is too much. |
| doogle |
Posted - 26/12/2011 : 08:53:42
right guys , ive tried him 3 times now with no success , he just coiled over the top of the fluff but didn eat it , gonna go out and get some rat pinkys and pups and see if he will take them , i wasnt given any info on any of the snakes , so dont no what he was eating before i got him , how do you get the food piping hot as i just warm them up in warm water as scared of cooking the food , he is currently weighing 41 grams before i tried him last night .
when i offered him he didn seem interested in the mouse fluff at all , seemed more scared off it |
| Snakesitter |
Posted - 23/12/2011 : 21:12:01
I would ask your source what they were fed. Consistency in food type is a good thing.
I can't answer for the everglades, as I'm not familiar.
For the Brazilian, however, you want him on rats eventually, as these snakes get big enough to require medium rats at adult size -- meaning the equivalent of four adult mice. However, they are often more interested in mice, so it may be a weaning process. I'd start by offering an appropriately sized rat (as big around as he is at his thickest point), and see if he will take it. Of course, frozen/thawed (and rewarmed to piping hot) is best. If this does not work, come back and let us know! |
| doogle |
Posted - 22/12/2011 : 18:23:34
im not worried about the handling side of them at all , the feeding i think will be the problem to start off , i dont no what any of them was fed on , mice or rats ? what would anyone suggest trying them with , the evergaldes are a year old and look like i could put them on fluffs , not sure if i should try the rainbow on mice or rat pups |
| Snakesitter |
Posted - 21/12/2011 : 23:15:18
Work on feeding first, handling afterward. Good luck, and feel free to ask questions! |
| doogle |
Posted - 20/12/2011 : 17:46:43
ok cool thankyou , ita just the one i brought looks a little thin , so am gonna weigh it in a min , i was told its a cb11 not sure what part of this year it was born , the people i got him off didnt really give me much info on him and they also gave me 2 everglade rat snakes as they didnt want them any more , they also look thin , none of them hav ever been handled |
| oakleyman18 |
Posted - 20/12/2011 : 09:00:34
Damn! So close!  |
| Snakesitter |
Posted - 20/12/2011 : 00:42:19
Average weight for newborns is 30ish. (You were really close, Oscar!) |
| oakleyman18 |
Posted - 19/12/2011 : 23:29:05
Well they can grow a lot in a year, so it could be anything from 30g right up to 300g, it would help to have a birthday! I'd suggest that the average weight for newborns is around 40g roughly, although breeders could comment on this further. |
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