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Old 10-09-2009, 04:26 PM
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I have an 08 corn for sale and my thread got spamed by someone saying that it is underweight because you can see the backbone, as far as I am concered a corn is not underweight because of this. If you can see the ribs maybe. If they are'nt buying then why comment?

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I hadnt even seen you thread till now but that corn is very thin, especially for a male when at the bottom of your first post you put eating and shedding fine which is either a lie in that snakes case or it has something seriourly wrong with it. This is why it is often best to do a small blurb on each snake in the first post so people know what they are getting as a one line isnt really a lot to go on if people dont know you and the quality of your snakes.
If you do get none sale related posts then you can simply report them to have them removed. But honestly that male corn for sale should be given away to an experience person and its going to take some time to get back up to full weight even without underlying conditions.
Also seeing a snake like that on a thread doesnt really put the rest for sale in a good light either.

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I have an 08 corn for sale and my thread got spamed by someone saying that it is underweight because you can see the backbone, as far as I am concered a corn is not underweight because of this.
Body shape like a Toblerone = underweight in a corn. There are snakes that are meant to be triangular, but a corn is not one of them. A corn in healthy weight will be square, with a *dip* where the spine is, not triangular with a *ridge* where the spine is.

That male Normal het bits-and-pieces is *painfully* thin if that's the weight it currently is, and there's a female normal that looks a little thinner than I'd like - although if that female's laid this year that isn't so bad, and it could just be the light.
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Old 10-09-2009, 11:09 PM
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The male snow was bred by me and was born last june but was a slow starter and I sold her in september but bought her back off of one of my friends in June this year she was still been fed pinks but is now on proper food size, the female was wrongfully bred this year when it is not really ready till next season. As for the male he admitadly is slightly under weight but is eating fine every time ( he was tested positive for worms I bought him in November last year and didn't get him tested till march but has been treated) but will easily be fattened up since he will eat anything that he is given.
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Old 10-09-2009, 11:42 PM
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After looking over my normal male with hets iv taken him off the classifieds as he is too thin and thankyou for pointing that out for me, but the male snow is just a bad pic I think I will try to get another up.
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[QUOTE=Ssthisto;4690431]Body shape like a Toblerone = underweight in a corn. There are snakes that are meant to be triangular, but a corn is not one of them. A corn in healthy weight will be square, with a *dip* where the spine is, not triangular with a *ridge* where the spine is.
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i always think a healthy corn has the shape of a loaf of bread.


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The male snow was bred by me and was born last june but was a slow starter and I sold her in september but bought her back off of one of my friends in June this year she was still been fed pinks but is now on proper food size, the female was wrongfully bred this year when it is not really ready till next season. As for the male he admitadly is slightly under weight but is eating fine every time ( he was tested positive for worms I bought him in November last year and didn't get him tested till march but has been treated) but will easily be fattened up since he will eat anything that he is given.
i still dont think next season is old enough for her if she was bred underage this year and also wasnt eating correct size meals.
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Old 11-09-2009, 06:25 AM
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In that case I will re type that ad. Chears.
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