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| Captain_Cuddles |
Posted - 16/03/2013 : 21:54:24
Sinces he's been on 2 large mice a week he's gotten bigger and fatter :) His head has become wider, my fiancé said that their heads kind of...split, a bit like a dogs head, when they're older... He's still not taken to rats yet but we'll put him on them when he's bigger.
Before you ask, no, I don't know how much he weighs as my scales I use for baking are too small for him to use now. And we don't have bathroom scales either. :D
So happy he's growing :P |
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| Lotabob |
Posted - 17/03/2013 : 20:02:32
I over summarised, relative to the growth of a reptile the eyeball is pretty close to the size it will be as an adult when they are babies. I can't remember which book I read this in. I know in humans too a babies eyeball is about 70% the size of an adults eyeball. Pretty amazing to think we rely so highly on vision that this is required. |
| hodgie |
Posted - 17/03/2013 : 17:04:26
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Originally posted by Lotabob
I believe the only part of the head that doesn't grow is the eyes.
Sorry, but that isn't correct. I've quite a few young Royals and their eyes are much smaller than even 1 kg adults let alone 2-3 kg ones. |
| Lotabob |
Posted - 17/03/2013 : 16:48:24
I believe the only part of the head that doesn't grow is the eyes. The head becomes wider and longer as they grow so I'm guessing (as I've not really thought about it before) that the skull bones are all there just little in a small snake and as they grow they will reposition slightly into the adult head shape. |
| jbarlow91 |
Posted - 16/03/2013 : 22:48:12
I have never heard of their head splitting lol I guess they grow as the rest of the body grows |
