Does anyone on here know a general standard for BP growth? I feed weekly according to snake girth and i'm curious about the growth rate of BPs.
07-29-2010, 01:35 PM
Animals As Leaders
Re: Growth Rate
Well I got my first female at around 150 grams or so? Not exactly sure but somewhere around there, and by the end of the year she was 1000 grams about. Some grow faster then others. The female I'm talking about has never missed a meal yet. I would also feed her multiple prey items occasionally. I wouldn't recommend doing this all the time. I would do a couple time a month if that, and I would use a smaller prey item rather then two normal size.
07-29-2010, 02:01 PM
anatess
Re: Growth Rate
They grow really fast the first year then it tapers off from there.
I have a spider that we got at around 200 grams on August '08 and by December he was around 800 grams. December '09 he was around 1500 grams. By July '10 and he's still about 1600 grams or so (my scale broke 2 weeks ago). But then he was bred for about a month in mid-December so that's could be why he didn't gain any weight.
07-30-2010, 03:09 AM
seeya205
Re: Growth Rate
They all grow at different rates so there is no standard rate of growth! I bought two bps last year, one male, one female. They were Oct.09's, he now weighs 456 grams, she now weighs 812 grams. Both fed the same but grew different!
07-30-2010, 11:12 AM
Kyle@theHeathertoft
Re: Growth Rate
Quote:
Originally Posted by seeya205
They all grow at different rates so there is no standard rate of growth! I bought two bps last year, one male, one female. They were Oct.09's, he now weighs 456 grams, she now weighs 812 grams. Both fed the same but grew different!
Females do generally get bigger than males though.
