My recent 0.1 Pinstripe and 0.1 Spider have been feeding on small/med. rats (40- 60g rats) every 5 days. They act perfectly fine and go about their business as usual.... usually balled up right where the tubs are 88-90F when I open them to feed/change water/clean tubs.
I'm just wondering if this kind of weight gain is OK, or should I back off? I just want to be safe. I hate to back off and get them off their current 5 day cycle, but here is the weight gain on each....
7/20/12- Spider at arrival 425g... one shed, 5 feedings as of today and we are at 610g prior to feeding. She happy as a lark!!
7/20/12- Pinstripe at arrival- 480g... one shed, 5 feedings as of today and we are at 744g prior to feeding (minus a ~30g big poop this morning)
They waste ZERO time feeding every 5 days and strike within seconds. They are both probably heading to shed again soon as they are dulling up a bit, but eyes are still clear.
My 1.0 Lesser is right on pace with them. He was 224g on 6/11/12. He was on strike for 3 weeks after I got him, so he really didn't take his first meal till 7/2/12... 8 feedings till today and he's 345g prior to feeding this am... started him on rat pups, went to crawlers and he had his first small rat this morning.
All other babies are on 5 day schedules as well and are doing great. My Bee may have had a big pup once as he looked kinda "bulgy" the day after he took it, but he's since pooped it out and shed yesterday.