Growth spurts !

9/16/2014 Male: 500G Female: 554 10/20/14 Male: 652 Female: 743

I've heard 100g per month is good growth but your female is way above that! Congrats.

I, too, have heard of the 100grams per month, but pertaining to larger snakes. Either way, I don't follow that rule. I just follow my preferred feeding schedule and whatever happens, happens. I have never seen a truly obese ball python. I have a few chunky monkies but nothing crazy. I feed as long as they'll eat.

BTW nice weight gain lol. Let's hope they keep that up and don't hit that wall where they just stop.

The males weight gain didn't surprise me, he seems visibly larger. The female on the other hand surprised me, she didn't get longer but she's getting a bit thick. They also both ate and haven't passed their rat yet.

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Originally Posted by speedycat222

The males weight gain didn't surprise me, he seems visibly larger. The female on the other hand surprised me, she didn't get longer but she's getting a bit thick. They also both ate and haven't passed their rat yet.

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Weighing them before they've passed their rats is kind of cheating. Empty weights (right after pooping, but before a meal) are a much better indicator of actual weight gain. 200 grams in a month is impressive (and definitely not unheard of), but I could weigh some of my animals right after feeding day and claim a 200 gram overnight weight gain! ;)

I always weigh them 3 days after feeding, because that's when I've got them out. I don't remember if they pooped before last time though. The females might be a bit exaggerated but the male is about 3 inches longer, he's almost as big as the female now.