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WOW, fast weight gain

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  • 02-26-2010, 02:47 PM
    jben
    WOW, fast weight gain
    Hey everyone,
    Ijust had to share to see if anyone else is experiencing the same. all the weights i've logged are empty, right after a big poop. i weighted goliath on 2/11 at 194g, today he's at 270g empty. i weighted anne b. on 2/9 at 2188g, yesterday at 2327g empty. i haven't weighted the other two since they have not pooped yet but i think that's a big increase especially for goliath, what do you think?
  • 02-26-2010, 03:26 PM
    Kaorte
    Re: WOW, fast weight gain
    the 2188 to 2327 is a pretty big change but the 194-270 seems like normal baby ball python weight gain.
  • 02-26-2010, 03:44 PM
    m00kfu
    Re: WOW, fast weight gain
    That hatchlings that I've raised up seem to gain anywhere from 50-150 grams a month.
  • 02-26-2010, 04:10 PM
    Animals As Leaders
    Re: WOW, fast weight gain
    my one girl is 1300 grams empty and she a little over a year
  • 02-26-2010, 06:55 PM
    don15681
    Re: WOW, fast weight gain
    Those are some decent gains. My daughters 14 month old female spider is just over 1700 grams on 2/19, I got a normal female 2 julys ago ( 18 months) she was being starved. she was 749 grams, by the end of the first year I had her at 2700 grams, she breed for me and laid 9 good eggs. I also weigh her on 2/19 at 3960 grams. she is one of my snakes that when I open her tub, I pull it with a snake hook. she will come out as soon as it's open 18 to 24 inches mouth wide open head going side to side. I wish all my snakes had a feeding response like that. O, we named her Miss Piggy!
  • 02-26-2010, 07:04 PM
    j_h_smith
    Re: WOW, fast weight gain
    Both are large gains, but I wonder if you zerod out your scale? Make sure your scale is reading correctly and then see if they still have gained that much weight. If they have, then you have got yourself 2 little piggies!

    Jim Smith
  • 02-26-2010, 07:16 PM
    j_h_smith
    Re: WOW, fast weight gain
    What are you feeding these guys and how often?
  • 02-26-2010, 08:24 PM
    jben
    Re: WOW, fast weight gain
    smith, i always make sure to zero out the scale. i even checked their weight twice just to make sure. goliath ate a 60g rat on 2/15 and a 57g rat on 2/21. anne b ate a 150g rat on 2/15 and a 104g rat on 2/21. those are the feedings between the weights. goliath will eat anything you give him and anne b got back on feeding on 1/31 plus i've been pairing her with some boys :)
  • 02-26-2010, 11:44 PM
    Bruceweb
    Re: WOW, fast weight gain
    Have a het that was 117g on 10/10..weighed her tonight empty 787g :)
  • 02-27-2010, 12:26 AM
    saber2th
    Re: WOW, fast weight gain
    My male Mojave was put on 70 grams in past two weeks. I feed every five days.
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