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MissCat
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 Posted - 01/04/2009 : 12:27:28
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| ya know, i think he is as well LOL. he keeps going round and round the viv... i think he's looking for it LOL. |
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dazza
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Posted - 01/04/2009 : 12:41:00
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| just read the entire thread and well done for sticking it through cat, i might not be the most talkative person on here but every element of caring for raoyals is covered in one aspect or other, anyway just wanted to say well done and good work |
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MissCat
Fully Grown Royal
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Posted - 01/04/2009 : 12:44:16
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| the whole thread? blimey! LOL were you up all night? but thanks ^_^ |
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dazza
Yearling
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Posted - 01/04/2009 : 12:47:02
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| lol a few fag breaks and a few coffees were needed but yep read it all |
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MissCat
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/04/2009 : 12:54:35
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Blackecho
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MissCat
Fully Grown Royal
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Posted - 02/04/2009 : 13:42:28
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Originally posted by Blackecho
His weight loss could be due to defecating?
it could be, idk, he pooped about a fortnight ago i think, and he is eating absolutely fine now which is why it's confused me, i thought he might have gained at least a little bit of weight :s |
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MissCat
Fully Grown Royal
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Posted - 03/04/2009 : 00:00:47
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okay just fed him a rat pup, barely touched the sides and i cant even see the tiniest lump in him. how exactly has he not put weight on????? the first rat pup i fed him left a lump.
definately need to upgrade the food i think.
since i weighed him the first time he has been fed 4 rat pups,shed once and pooped once. |
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/04/2009 : 06:35:02
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| Rat Pups don't weigh very much, it wouldn't surprise me that he's not gained, having pooed. Have you tried offering more than one pup? - When do the fluffs arrive? |
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wolfspirit
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/04/2009 : 07:03:12
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Cat as BE said try upping his food, offer him two rat pups, dont worry if he eats one and then does not take the other right away. How big are the rat pups?
I got two small weaners out for Peanuts feed after he shed, he took the first one with no trouble, but not the second right away, so i left it for him went and had a cuppa came back and it was gone.
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MissCat
Fully Grown Royal
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Posted - 03/04/2009 : 08:29:19
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i was just about to ask if i could offer two LOL i've been awake most of the night thinking about him!
the last two i have fed him were approx 2.5 cm but thats from memory so could be totally innacurate, the ones left tbh arent much bigger than a mouse pinkie so i wasn't going to bother with those. that's the best i could buy in bridgwater :( the shop here is rubbish i think, the sizes go from rat pups to adult rats! :s) what about an adult mouse? or chick? (if chicks come small enough) would that be okay? i'm going to get a friend to drive me to taunton today so might find something more suitable.
someone over on the dark side said a helpful tip for figuring out the right size food is this:
"But I'd really go by weight - get him a food item that's 10-15% of his total body weight and feed that once a week - if he weighs 200 grams, feed a 30-gram rodent, and so on." is that an accurate way to work out what he SHOULD be eating now?
oh i didnt end up ordering anything online, i was a bit put off by the fact that i cant actually see the size i'm ordering, but if i dont find any in taunton (which is unlikely i would judge, there's watermarque plus julia told me of another shop that sells reptiles, who "should" (in theory) sell them, i can also think of at least two more pet shops that sell frozen food. much better than bridgy, we only have jollyes. i also got in contact with a chap up the road who breeds and sells reptiles, so if all else fails i can always ask him where he gets his from etc
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/04/2009 : 08:34:16
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lee2308
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/04/2009 : 09:22:58
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| thats good to know,will have to start weighing montys food to see if he's getting the right weight. |
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MissCat
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Posted - 05/04/2009 : 22:41:14
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| ra's eyes have gone blue again...didnt realise he'd shed again so soon :s |
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lee2308
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MissCat
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Posted - 06/04/2009 : 08:16:14
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| oh good at least that's relatively normal lol i was worried! |
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lee2308
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/04/2009 : 10:03:00
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| I think if they have not been feeding properly for a while and then they start eating proper meals then they have a growth spurt,hence the freqent shedding.I dont think my kings previous owners did'ntfed him at all as they did'nt have him long and were scared to death of him. |
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wolfspirit
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/04/2009 : 11:43:59
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Cat you will notice once you move his food up that he will start to get chunkier..
well thats whats happening to Peanut, he is filling out and starting to look less of a baby now and more grown up.
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