Difference between a good eater and a bad eater

I got this trio of snakes back in late May...
1.0 Pastel
0.1 Mojave
0.1 Spider
all 2010's all started at around 400g I think the spider female had a 50-70g lead on the other two.

Well the pastel and mojave have been picky and infrequent eaters. The mojave went on a 3 month fast and wouldnt eat ANYTHING. She just now got on a regular feeding schedule and eats weekly. The pastel eats every other week or so...either he takes the meal or he doesnt...hes a pill with frozen/thawed.
The spider on the other hand has not missed a single feeding unless in shed.
So now they look like this...

1.0 Pastel 500g
0.1 Mojave 550g
0.1 Spider 950g

What a difference in these snakes! Im so proud of the spider, she has grown into such a big girl and is easily one of my favorites of all my snakes. Cant wait to see what she'll be at come breeding on her 3rd year.

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...cture222-2.jpg
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...cture229-2.jpg

Are the other 2 males?

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Originally Posted by mues155

1.0 Pastel
0.1 Mojave
0.1 Spider

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Pastel is male
Mojave and Spider female

This has nothing to do with sex really.
Ive had males grow at faster rates than females before.
Im showing what a difference a great eater can make.
Of course it does depend on the individual snake but a good eater should have a steady growth rate.
I just like that I have a '10 at 900g :P

I keep meaning to get some pictures of my trio that includes some difficult eaters! It's incredible the difference between a snake that's eating regularly and one that's being a brat.

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Originally Posted by babyknees

I keep meaning to get some pictures of my trio that includes some difficult eaters! It's incredible the difference between a snake that's eating regularly and one that's being a brat.

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it really does make a huge difference! :gj:

And this is why I love spiders. They may be quirky, but I've never had one that wasn't a bottomless pit. :D

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Originally Posted by AK907

And this is why I love spiders. They may be quirky, but I've never had one that wasn't a bottomless pit. :D

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Beat me to it.... I have 0 spiders that dont eat like crazy. I actually keep alot of spider projects because I know the females will grow like crazy because they all EAT LIKE CRAZY

I hear you. I bought 3 '10 girls at Tinley, they were all about the same size, and now a year later two of them are about 700 grams and the mojave just broke 1k!

Yeah my Jan '11 Spider is a pig she is over 1000g.... I put her on "diet" she doesn't get leftovers as often but I think she hates me a little for it. :)