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.
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That hatchlings that I've raised up seem to gain anywhere from 50-150 grams a month.
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my one girl is 1300 grams empty and she a little over a year
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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!
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
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What are you feeding these guys and how often?
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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 :)
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Have a het that was 117g on 10/10..weighed her tonight empty 787g :)
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My male Mojave was put on 70 grams in past two weeks. I feed every five days.