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| Siobhan 2005-01-06, 10:08 pm |
| I have a Ball Python (named Lola) that I got from a friend last April.
I was told she was approximately 2 years old when I got her. However
she was very undersized for her age, around a foot long.
As far as I can tell, the problem was that she was never kept at a
proper temperature. (They told me she had taken maybe 10 mice total in
the two years they had owned her.) I've had her under a heat lamp
since I got her and have been carefully monitoring her temperature and
she's growing like she's trying to make up for lost time. She's shed
three times since I got her. I expect that she'll always be undersized
since she's missed a good-sized chunk of her major growth stage, but
she's healthy and has become very comfortable with me.
So here's my question.
When I first got her I offered her an adult mouse every two weeks.
Once she was eating regularily I upped it to two mice every two weeks,
and that's what she's been taking for about the last six months. What
she will usually do is eat one, wait 12-24 hours and then eat the
second one.
Lately she's been exhibiting the "hunting" behaviour that indicates
she's hungry in as short a period as a week so I've been feeding her
more frequently. Although I'm delighted that she's got a good
appetite, I'm a little worried that there might be health implications
if she gains weight too fast. I know that feral cats that have been
adopted often have absolutely no appetite control - they'll eat 'till
they burst because they were starved as kittens. Obviously a python
isn't as mentally sophisticated as a cat, but I don't really know what
the long-term effects are of calorie deprivation.
Anybody run into a situation like this before? Advice? Do I worry too
much?
Siobhan
....Normal is what cuts off your sixth finger and your tail...
http://www.virulent.org siobhan@virulent.org
"Nothing Says "XXXX Off" Quite Like Setting Somebody On Fire."
~Casper Von Bittergoff
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| Siobhan 2005-01-06, 10:08 pm |
| On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 21:10:02 -0500, Siobhan <news@virulent.org> wrote:
[snip]
Sorry about the off-topic post - Herpes and Herps are right next to
each other in my search function.
Siobhan (bringing you your surreal moment for the day, apparently)
....Normal is what cuts off your sixth finger and your tail...
http://www.virulent.org siobhan@virulent.org
"Nothing Says "XXXX Off" Quite Like Setting Somebody On Fire."
~Casper Von Bittergoff
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| M2slo2cht@nospam.invalid 2005-01-07, 11:08 am |
| Siobhan writes:
>Sorry about the off-topic post - Herpes and Herps are right next to
>each other in my search function.
No prob.
It happens occasionally.
Last time was a question about turtles :-)
>Siobhan (bringing you your surreal moment for the day, apparently)
Has alt herp never had a wayward post from here? I wonder what sort of
a moment one of our more wildly misinformed posts would create over
there. (i.e. "I kissed someone with herpes. Will I die"???) ..... talk
about surreal lol!
Good luck with your herp :-)
M2
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| M2slo2cht@nospam.invalid 2005-01-09, 11:12 am |
| Siobhan writes:
>Sorry about the off-topic post - Herpes and Herps are right next to
>each other in my search function.
No prob.
It happens occasionally.
Last time was a question about turtles :-)
>Siobhan (bringing you your surreal moment for the day, apparently)
Has alt herp never had a wayward post from here? I wonder what sort of
a moment one of our more wildly misinformed posts would create over
there. (i.e. "I kissed someone with herpes. Will I die"???) ..... talk
about surreal lol!
Good luck with your herp :-)
M2
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