anyone deal with slow growers?

[python_addict]

Im an impatient person lol Ive had my male pastel for about 5 months now he always eats every week never thinks twice about food and always shed but somehow my 2010 male pastel weighs 136 grams unless the scale is wrong? and my female 2011 dinker weighs 67 grams. Anyone have that slow of a grower haha?

[llovelace]

I have an '07 pastel female that's around 800g

[shaqthaballkeeper]

i thought that i was the only one dealing with this.i got my first bp about 2 and a half years and she just weighs almost 300 grams.she also eats every weel and is a good eater.she is not skinny though.she is kinda short and chubby.idk what is the reason for this.

[kitedemon]

I am just going to toss this out as my case with a slow grower. I took in a little girl that was one year and 160gms. She is a tank when it comes to feeding she always will and look for more the next day. I had her for 8 months and she was still only 350 gms. I do yearly fecals and she was found with a tapeworm. (FT eater all her life apparently 30 hours at -7ºC to kill tape worm eggs...) She was treated and in the next 3 months she has come very close to doubling her weight. (672 gms) It is something you might give some thought to. Perhaps a fecal exam if slow growth continues for much longer might be worth it. Just my experience.

[Redneck_Crow]

They do grow at different speeds, that is for sure.

My little mojave is topping 300. She's a '10.

Minnie the Mean Snake is one month older and just under 900.

[llovelace]

My slow grower is a finicky eater, she was a mouser hen I got her, she now takes asf's, when she does eat.

[Redneck_Crow]

My little mojave was a slow starter. Didn't eat for weeks at a time then only wanted to take very undersized prey every couple of weeks. She's up to every week to ten days now and she's starting to put on some weight--about 35 grams in the past month. She still prefers undersized prey but she's not getting it.

[Simple Man]

Something doesn't sound right if he eats like you say he does. My most finicky 2010 eaters are all over 400g and a few of them don't eat every week. Either your scale is off, your feeding too small, or the snake has an issue.

Regards,

B

[Got Balls?]

i have an 08 female pastel that is only 367g and she never refuses a meal if i feed her every 3 days she grows quicker

[EverEvolvingExotics]

I don't think I would purchase an ASF eater, too expensive/rare. A few times my go to feeder shop ran out of rats in my size. They only had ASFs, everyone around me that I knew said you are actually going to feed that adorable thing to a snake!? They have to eat, right?

I think some just grow at different rates as stated above. I thought the fecal results were very interesting. Thanks for the input!

Most people say it is better to have a small well eating male. Look at it as a plus...