Growth question?

[JUSTINxCREEZ]

What are some feeding programs you guys use to put weight on females quickly. I know about feeding rats, but how often or how many rats at one feeding to gain size quickly, without putting the snake at risk.
Thanks, Justin

[I-KandyReptiles]

My girls get an appropriate sized rat once a week.

It's not a good idea to power feed. They all grow at their own rate.

[DooLittle]

My girls get an appropriate sized rat once a week.

It's not a good idea to power feed. They all grow at their own rate.

This ^ X2. Mine only get appropriate sized meals once a week. Unless its babies, then they are on 5 day schedule. And I tell you what, my enchi will let me know when day 5 is without checking. He's like clockwork, out cruising his tub. But yeah, my bee is at 1422 grams, and I have a male at 2000 something, and the only eat a small to medium rat weekly.

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[1nstinct]

Im with the two above me once a week. i try to feed 15% but it doesn't always happen. I have some that will eat 2 rats at one sitting others that will only eat one. All my snakes grow amazing this way. My female albino was 196 grams when i got her at the Nov 2011 white plains show, now almost a year later shes weight in at 1195 grams empty, on a once a week feeding( and she is not power fed since she will only eat one rat on feeding days).

[snakesRkewl]

I feed 2 times a week if I have enough to pass around if not they get one.
My females average about 70 to 80 grams a month at in weight gain at a year old with some gaining more and some gaining less depending on how consistently they take their two meals.

[satomi325]

Growth rate really depends on the snake. Everyone is different.
I have 4 late 2011 girls all born within a month of each other. The oldest is the smallest(500g) and the youngest is the largest (1400 g).
They are all on the same feeding schedules and haven't missed a meal. The largest is just a weed and has a very aggressive feeding response.

I have all my hatchlings on 4 day feeding schedules. Once they hit 500 grams, they are bumped to a 7 day feeding schedule.
My adults are fed every 7-10 days. I feed the appropriately sized food. I don't weight my rats. I just eyeball the size of rat to the snake's mid-section.
But all my adults, regardless of size, are fed small rats. I feed live, so it's just safer for the snakes if I feed multiple smalls than one large rat.

[SlitherinSisters]

I feed every 3-4 days if I need to put weight on any snake. They will stop eating if it gets to be too much.