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Old 11-27-12, 01:16 PM   #11
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Re: Umm...Question...

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Originally Posted by Falconeer999 View Post
A snake's body will expand. General rule of thumb I've heard is to feed an item that is 1.5x thicker than the body of the snake. You should be able to see the lump where the food is when he's down moving it down to the stomach.
I'm just a little scared I might get something too big. Before he and I got together, my bf had a corn snake. He took the advice of someone who worked in a pet store and bought something a little bigger than what he had been feeding his snake, and it killed the poor thing. That scares me.
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