I don't think my bp is gaining proper weight

I bought my male spider about 6-7 mo he was probably 3mo old when i got him around 90g, he's only 169g now, I feed him a petsmart mouse once a week, sometimes he'll refuse so I'd say he eats 3x a month, is that enough weight on him? I figured he'd be about 200g by now

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Can you post some pictures? It sounds like he might be a little small, but pictures will help. They all grow at different rates. Have you ever had a fecal exam done?

My 3 month old weighs that much and she just started to eat 2 adult mice on her last feed. But even tho she is a female and yours is male it still seems quite small for 6 months.

Just weighed her and she is post shed and dookie and was exactly 169.

Get a fecal. This will let ya know if its a patasite issue. Otherwise id get it on rats asap. There is no correct weight scale that they follow. Some grow faster then others. Its all metabolism

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Originally Posted by War

I bought my male spider about 6-7 mo he was probably 3mo old when i got him around 90g, he's only 169g now, I feed him a petsmart mouse once a week, sometimes he'll refuse so I'd say he eats 3x a month, is that enough weight on him? I figured he'd be about 200g by now

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No, he is way behind. At 9-10 months old and male I would expect your ball to be between 400-600 grams. If it were female I would expect 500-800 grams.

What size mouse are you feeding him? Pinkies? Fuzzies? Hoppers? Weanlings? Adults? Jumbos? How much do each mouse actually weigh? 90g for a 3 month old is very small and 6-7 months after that has only gotten to 169g? There is a problem. Some grow slower than others, true, but not that slow. I suspect you are feeding way too small of meals. At 169g your ball should be on rat pups or adult mice once every 5 days.

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No, he is way behind. At 9-10 months old and male I would expect your ball to be between 400-600 grams. If it were female I would expect 500-800 grams.

What size mouse are you feeding him? Pinkies? Fuzzies? Hoppers? Weanlings? Adults? Jumbos? How much do each mouse actually weigh? 90g for a 3 month old is very small and 6-7 months after that has only gotten to 169g? There is a problem. Some grow slower than others, true, but not that slow. I suspect you are feeding way too small of meals. At 169g your ball should be on rat pups or adult mice once every 5 days.

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Agreed. I have a male spider that had some initial feeding issues (ignorant owner). He came back to me at 92g and 2.5 months old in August, and is now ~230g. His half sister hatched a week earlier than him, and is almost 450g.

this is him today on my laptop

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He doesn't look overly thin, but I would definately get a fecal done on him to make sure there isn't something stunting him growth.

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No, he is way behind. At 9-10 months old and male I would expect your ball to be between 400-600 grams. If it were female I would expect 500-800 grams.

What size mouse are you feeding him? Pinkies? Fuzzies? Hoppers? Weanlings? Adults? Jumbos? How much do each mouse actually weigh? 90g for a 3 month old is very small and 6-7 months after that has only gotten to 169g? There is a problem. Some grow slower than others, true, but not that slow. I suspect you are feeding way too small of meals. At 169g your ball should be on rat pups or adult mice once every 5 days.

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He's not saying that he got him 6-7 months ago but that he is 6-7 months old now.

I think he's about 8mo old @ the oldest, I can't find my records but I feed him 1 mouse from petco 3x a month. Until I can switch to rats should I do 6 mice a month?

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