My Royal's an eating Machine :D!!

[Antw23uk]

Originally Posted by kerryrep22

oh but he will, give it time!

You know it Kerry

I sometimes think my 07 would rather eat a chopped up rat spoon fed to him, he is sooo slow and he just wont eat anything bigger than a small rat and he's over 1k now. But not so bad now i know my 09 will eat his food

[kerryrep22]

Originally Posted by Antw23uk

You know it Kerry

I sometimes think my 07 would rather eat a chopped up rat spoon fed to him, he is sooo slow and he just wont eat anything bigger than a small rat and he's over 1k now. But not so bad now i know my 09 will eat his food

well i guess at least it eats! ha ha, nah im messing, yours may keep eating forever, but dont hold ur breath.

[Antw23uk]

Originally Posted by kerryrep22

well i guess at least it eats! ha ha, nah im messing, yours may keep eating forever, but dont hold ur breath.

I have magic royals ... true i have a royal who wont eat if you try and take him out of his beloved 50ltr RUB and swap it for a slight bigger viv but he eats like clockwork (minus shedding time) ... Thats why i love my royals, i just have a knack with them. I always joke its the only snakes i can keep without worrying

[kerryrep22]

Originally Posted by Antw23uk

I have magic royals ... true i have a royal who wont eat if you try and take him out of his beloved 50ltr RUB and swap it for a slight bigger viv but he eats like clockwork (minus shedding time) ... Thats why i love my royals, i just have a knack with them. I always joke its the only snakes i can keep without worrying

where dya live? im sending my royals to live with you, I have 7 royals now, and only the two males eat regularly. same rack, same temps, identical set-ups, some royals just dont like to eat, fact! with royals you just have to accept that they will only eat when they want to, and when they are hungry, and not just because its offered.

[Pauline]

I have a young male that is a pig, oddly he arrived as a hatchling that was a non-feeder but once he discovered food is good there's been no stopping him.

[kerryrep22]

Originally Posted by Pauline

I have a young male that is a pig, oddly he arrived as a hatchling that was a non-feeder but once he discovered food is good there's been no stopping him.

why does it seem to be that the non-feeders really get into their feeding, and then its the regular feeders that randomly stop for 6 months.

[alan1]

because they're not playing "catch-up"...

[kerryrep22]

Originally Posted by alan1

because they're not playing "catch-up"...

ahh, a very good point!

i guess they stop eating cos they are well fed up, and cos they know they can.

[mariak]

i have 3 09 royals my first boo eats like a pig 200g and nearly 2 ft long my 2 new ones are very under weight marlee is is 89g and bob 75g marlee is also eating like pig now and bob just took his first unassisted feed today so hoping that in no time at all they gonna be big boys marlee def playing catch up right now looks for more after just having eaten.

[alan1]

Originally Posted by mariak

i have 3 09 royals my first boo eats like a pig 200g and nearly 2 ft long my 2 new ones are very under weight marlee is is 89g and bob 75g marlee is also eating like pig now and bob just took his first unassisted feed today so hoping that in no time at all they gonna be big boys marlee def playing catch up right now looks for more after just having eaten.

feed a second prey item every other meal...