Growth?

Just curious about my ball. I have has it for 5 months its about 9 months old how much should it weight approximately ? i feel it should be bigger than what it is weighs about 200g

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Is it eating consistently?

BP's grow at different rates, I have a cb13 around 4 months or perhaps more (don't know month of birth) who is around 263g but she is not a consistent eater. I got her at 200g on the 5th October.

My cb12 was 643g full when last weighed last week.

As long as he/she is eating well and looks healthy I wouldn't worry too much about weight, they will grow at their own rate :)

Mine at 9 months has 380g and he's around 78cm (~30") in size . It's been eating on a 7 day schedule since I got him in May. And I still feel he is small ;)

And yeah if it's eating regulary then you shouldn't worry much. Just follow the guideline of prey size and feed it every 5-7 days?

Prey shouldn't be wider than the widest part of the snake, and it should be around 10-15% of snakes weight.

Can't say. Mine are pigs lol. Got mine when he was a baby weighing97 grams. He was a rescue. Under fed. Had him 6 months and now weighs 840 grams and a little over 3 feet. if u don't mind me asking. What size food do u feed him. The food should be about the the size of the thickest part of his body. And how often do u feed him?

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Originally Posted by rich90

Just curious about my ball. I have has it for 5 months its about 9 months old how much should it weight approximately ? i feel it should be bigger than what it is weighs about 200g

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They do grow at different rates.

That said, 200g at 9 months does seem small. What are you feeding him and how often are you feeding him?

There's no set growth rate and all snakes are different, but if he's a consistent eater on appropriately sized prey, ~50-100 grams a month should be a general ball park figure of growth.

For example, I had two females born within days of each other. They were both fed the same prey sizes and on the same feed schedule. One girl outgrew the other by several hundred grams within a few months. By time they were a year old, one was over 1000 grams and the other was 500-600g.

My one guy is about 5-6 months old,appx 18" and is weighing 400 grams.. I'm feeding every 5 days on avg andm feeding him weanling rats at the moment

My female is 6 months old and right above 400 grams, mine are fed every 5 days she's on 2
adult mice. She won't eat anything but mice.


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I feed mine mice right now takes at least one every week alt of times it will make 2 the growth is very minimal. About 9 months old and probably just hit maybe 250 grams

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Mice is why the growth is little. Rats are better for Bp's