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Freecellgame1
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 Shes growing like a weed!

I’ve had her about a month and she’s already grown an inch or an inch and a half! I never expected her to grow so fast! I like it. :)

~Alex



12/10/06  06:03am

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Cubana95
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  Message To: Freecellgame1   In reference to Message Id: 1089510


 Shes growing like a weed!

My Hognose is getting really fat quickly (but not overweight), he’s so adorable, I can’t wait until he’s full grown.



03/26/08  02:40pm

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JackAsp
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  Message To: Cubana95   In reference to Message Id: 1676639


 Shes growing like a weed!

I know. for what a small species they are, the growth rate is amazing!
She was 58 grams when I got her. Before her last meal she was 466. I recently upgraded her to a 12" water dish because if I filled the 10" dish deep enough to drink it would overflow when she climbed in. But when I first got her, she could use a peanut butter lid!

May, 2007




March, 2008



04/04/08  12:51am

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Tmcrae
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  Message To: JackAsp   In reference to Message Id: 1688677


 Shes growing like a weed!

Mind if I ask what feeding regime you have her on?

mine seem to be growing slow.



05/03/08  06:58am

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JackAsp
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  Message To: Tmcrae   In reference to Message Id: 1723808


 Shes growing like a weed!

Funny thing... I just did before I opened this thread and saw that question...
Long explanation
She went from 528 to 576 yesterday, and was chewing at the inside of her feeding bucket looking for another mouse!
And, yes, in case there’s one internet nerd with a calculator saying "But that’s not right for three hoppers!"... you’re sort of right. I weigh them for sorting purposes while they’re dry, but I don’t bother drying them after I thaw them, so in the process of thawing them, then weighing them, and then weighing them plus the snake, some water weight gets figured in too. But since they all end up the same way, it’s a working system.



05/07/08  03:37am


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