Ranch Flames

[infernalis]

She's a purdy one Steve.....

[mustang]

soooo reeedddddd pretty pretty shiney shiney

[ae88weaver]

WOW that pinkie looks huge! How long does it bulge in the pretty boy's stomach? By the way, he is gorgeous! So is the female... They will make beautiful babies

[guidofatherof5]

WOW that pinkie looks huge! How long does it bulge in the pretty boy's stomach?

Within 48 hours it's back to normal.

[Snakers]

very nice

[guidofatherof5]

My male Flame decided to make a pig of himself. He ate all the worms on the plate and left none for his mate.

[kibakiba]

That sounds like Tiny. He's a little pig now that he's fed all the salmon he could want... and some pinkie parts
He pigs out so much that his belly almost seems 3-4 times the size of his head!

[guidofatherof5]

That sounds like Tiny. He's a little pig now that he's fed all the salmon he could want... and some pinkie parts
He pigs out so much that his belly almost seems 3-4 times the size of his head!

Be careful of the over feeding. It can cause problems, even death.
Sometimes their eyes are a whole lot bigger than their stomachs.

[kibakiba]

Oh, I know. he gets 3-4 pieces of salmon and the occasional pinky tail. 3 days ago, though, I put a dish in the tank to see if Runt would eat and it seems that he took a few bites out of it. I had my mom take the dish out because I was going to take a nap. She may have given him some, if he didn't help himself. She thinks it's okay to feed them more than they need just because we can. She doesn't care about obesity problems, she got mad at me for putting Snakey on a diet when I first learned of the problems with overfeeding. She told me it was completely cruel to put an animal on a diet simply because they enjoyed gorging themselves on pinkies and worms.

[zooplan]

Feeding `ad libitum´ is okay if you anounce a Lent once in a while.
I´m feeding most of my snakes as much as they like, and most healthy specimens were not able to devour more than they were able to digest.

But there are two exeptions of the rule:
Feeding after a long time off food should be less and
feeding very big prey may cause regurgitation frequently!