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    Decent Weight??

    I've had my normal male bp sinces July 17, 08 and he was 83g's and as of today he's a little over 600g's and was wondering is he too big for the short period of time he eats whatever i put in his tank from mice, asf's, to rats.

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    Re: Decent Weight??

    Different BPs grow at different rates, I got my male normal BP 12/22/08 as a baby and now hes over 1000 grams
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    Re: Decent Weight??

    Looks healthy to me not to small and doesn't appear to be fat enough to see the skin between his scales. How often have you been feeding him
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    Re: Decent Weight??

    I got my Lemon Pastel at the end of July. She was hatched in early July. She's just breaking 500g. But every ball grows at a different rate. I'd say yours has a decent weight on him! I wouldn't be worried or upset.
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    Re: Decent Weight??

    No, everything is fine. Snakes are like kids, they all grow at different rates. Just be care and don't feed him too many Double Cheeseburgers.

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    Re: Decent Weight??

    I have some 2008's ranging from 700-1700 grams. So I wouldn't worry.

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    Re: Decent Weight??

    Thank all you guys, when I first got creole from petsmart they were feeding him every Thursday and I did it for a while until one thursday I didn't feed him and he was a little nippy so I began to feed him randomly, he never refuses a mean and eats multiple time a week if my other snake balls refuse. What is the appropriate sized prey to feed him and how often do you think I should feed?

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    Re: Decent Weight??

    Correction I got him in 09

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    Re: Decent Weight??

    Quote Originally Posted by creole_89 View Post
    Correction I got him in 09
    That isn't bad. I've got a couple of gemstones from late June that probably weigh around 800 - 1000 grams.

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