Re: Avg rate of weight gain?
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BoostedMX3
I know this will depend m/f and size and vary a bit but basically how fast do you expect your bp to weight with feeding 10-15% of their body weight..
I got my girl at 149g I'm assuming empty cuz she ate right away for me.. She has had 4 meals 4 urates and 4 poops since I got her jan 20th
Weighed her in tonight before her 5th meal at 180g she pooped yesterday
Im sure I'm prolly the only one who weighs once a week but I'm wondering what u all expect
I also weigh mine every week. It really just depends on the snake. Some can eat weekly and grow a lot while another on the same feeding schedule grows slow. I have two girls that both eat the same size meal weekly. Both were about 400g when I switched them to live weaned rats. Both eat like champs. One is about 550g and the other only 475g.
If your snake is pooping weekly, that will make your snake weigh a lot less. Mine only poop every 2-3 weeks.
As long as she's gaining weight and eating well, she's probably right on track.
Re: Avg rate of weight gain?
My pastel and lesser girls have honestly pooped twice for me since I got them two months and one month ago, bunches of urates but no poop. They're absorbing everything, and are growing like weeds.
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Re: Avg rate of weight gain?
Depends on the snake.
My fastest grower and most aggressive feeders gained about 100 grams a month when she was young. She went from hatchling to 1200 grams in a year. My other snakes are slower growers. They gain about 50 grams or less a month. Some females at the same age and initial size are half the size of the 1200 gram one currently.
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Re: Avg rate of weight gain?
My snake was born august 28th or something and she was gaining 100 grams a month and she's at 28 inches long. I stopped feeding her because she was gaining weight too fast and started to lose muscle definition. Now I feed her every 2 weeks but this month she's at week 3 without eating. She's not eating foe another week.
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Re: Avg rate of weight gain?
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barbie.dragon
My snake was born august 28th or something and she was gaining 100 grams a month and she's at 28 inches long. I stopped feeding her because she was gaining weight too fast and started to lose muscle definition. Now I feed her every 2 weeks but this month she's at week 3 without eating. She's not eating foe another week.
What do you mean she was losing muscle definition? She's only 6 months old, and BPs have generally rounder bodies than many other snakes (corns, kings, etc.). Why wouldn't you just offer smaller meals weekly if you want to grow her slower, instead of making her wait 2-4 weeks between meals?
Re: Avg rate of weight gain?
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Annarose15
What do you mean she was losing muscle definition? She's only 6 months old, and BPs have generally rounder bodies than many other snakes (corns, kings, etc.). Why wouldn't you just offer smaller meals weekly if you want to grow her slower, instead of making her wait 2-4 weeks between meals?
When she would slither I couldnt see any muscles. And I can see the skin between the scales. She refused a meal making it 2 weeks without food. And im going away for a few days and I don't want her to sit in her feces. I was feeding her weekly thay made her a little chunkier than I would like her to bw and the vet agreed she can take being fed every 10-14. She just looks like a fat sausage.
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