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Posted by patricia sherman on September 17, 2002 at 09:28:49:
In Reply to: Re: Feeding schedule & size posted by Raven01 on September 16, 2002 at 14:03:39:
:I *think* this little guy is full grown or close to it - roughly 3 1/2 to 4 feet in length and so slender!
Actually, your snake is a very young adult, maybe a three-yr-old. The biggest recorded E. o. spiloides, was 18.25 inches (2.13 metres) long.
:I am just amazed at the body difference between the colubrids and boids. I have a 4' Colombian Rainbow boa that is double this little guy's girth at about the same length.
That slenderness is one of the features that I find most attractive about the colubrids. They're also much swifter movers than the boids.
:I'm planning on 1 or 2 small/medium mice per feeding once a week. The small mouse I fed him last night left a very slight bulge and he seemed quite content that the mouse fairy had dropped in. lol
At four-ft+, he could actually take an adult mouse or two very easily, or even a small rat. The bulge should last for about 24-hrs or so. By this age, a once-weekly feeding is quite adequate, and he may even be okay to go eight or nine days. My creamsicle corn is a 3-yr-old, measures 45.5 inches, and weighs just over 450 grams (16 oz.). He eats an adult mouse or a weanling rat each week to ten days. My old E. o. obsoleta pair (15+-yrs, each abt 7-ft-long), feed on adult and/or small adult rats, every ten to 14 days.
:I'm hoping to borrow a digital camera in the near future to take some pics, so I will definately be posting. :)
We'll enjoy seeing the pics.
:Actually, he's the only grey rat I've seen at any of the shows around here or at least the only adult I remember seeing. I'm just now getting into the corns and rats (bought my first pair of corns earlier this month), but I've looked at them a number of times over the years. I hadn't planned on getting another colubrid, but he was just too pretty to pass up. :) I can kinda justify buying him though because I still have 3 empty tanks. *G*
I was recently looking for "white-oaks" rat snakes, and I was surprised at how difficult it was to find them. Mine are a pair of yearlings, bred by Ric Morales. Presently, they're residing with Dwight Good in Kentucky, awaiting their long trip into Ontario, and eventually to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (just below the Arctic Circle). I'm a great fan of colubrids. Not only are they extremely pretty snakes, but they have such accomodating husbandry needs. I especially enjoy the convenience of them brumating each winter, enabling me to take a worry-free winter vacation.
Tricia
