Python weight?

[snakevet121]

Hey ive had my ball for over a month now and i just weighed him and he came in at 156g and when i purchased him they were 5-7 months old, is this weight small for his age (they did only feed him fuzzies) and i have him on large hoppers for his weight what should i feed him, o and whats the largest bp youve heard of (weight wise)

[PythonWallace]

That is really small. I have a 14 week old bee that weighs more than that, and who now eats 2 small adult mice every 5-7 days.

[simplechamp]

I feed a mouse 10-15% of my BPs weight every 6-7 days. She was also underweight when I got her, but plumped up quickly. If you want to do 15% of the snakes weight every 5-7 days it should start putting on more weight. Get a good digital scale and record all feedings and weight gains so you know exactly how much weight is being gained. If it still doesn't plump up after feeding it properly, you may want to get it checked out for parasites.

[snakevet121]

im sure it doesnt have parasites its a healthy snake, they just fed it fuzzies all of the time.

[simplechamp]

How long ago was the fecal examination at the vet that came back clean with no parasites?

[snakevet121]

there was none? I do examinations on him all of the time ive never seen anything to point to anything wrong with him? He just got fed small fuzzie mice and pinkies his life when the usual prey item is bigger if you didnt read what i said uptop.

[Somed00d]

I would say it is small, however the previous owner may have had it on a maintenance diet or it may have been a trouble eater. Has it been eating regularly for you? I have some 4 month old under 100g that are not eating great and the clutch mates are easily 200g.

[Somed00d]

im sure it doesnt have parasites its a healthy snake, they just fed it fuzzies all of the time.

A healthy looking snake can have parasites. the only real way to tell is if you have a fecal exam done by a vet.

[snakevet121]

He eats every time for me, either they gave me the wrong age or its just because they fed him such little things and maybe when the pet store had him he didnt eat. as long as i stay positive about the parasite matter he wont have them. Im not really worried im just gunna feed him bigger prey.

[Brock Fluharty]

So...believing that he doesn't have parasites will prevent parasites...?