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underweight or underfed??

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  • 03-09-2016, 03:09 PM
    jack jones
    underweight or underfed??
    Just wanted to get people's opinions on my male BP. He is approximately 7 months old and when I weighed him at the beginning of the month he was at 166g. I feed him weekly. I have a bag of rat fuzzies from Big Cheese and weigh the prey each time he is fed. Each prey is easily within the 10-15% guideline.

    Is his weight appropriate? Should I go to a 5 day feeding schedule and use up the feeders that are closer to the 10%, moving to the higher weight ones?

    I've seen so many folks post that their 6 month old is 300 grams so I am a little concerned that my guy isn't measuring up. In all other aspects he seems happy and healthy.
  • 03-09-2016, 03:25 PM
    Stewart_Reptiles
    Weight is a number don't compare your BP to other BP just make sure that you feed a prey equal the girth size once a week or every 5 days if you feel like you need to. Honestly if it's a male and it is a pet I would stick with once a week.

    What is important is that the animal looks healthy and well proportionate the rest again is a number and a lot of things come into it, such as weight out of the egg, how fast the animal was started, how reliable of a feeder the animal is, prey size, frequency etc.

    I don't weigh my animals unless it is for comparison purposes of how a morph age based on size or at customer request, it's all by look and feel here ;)
  • 03-09-2016, 03:30 PM
    MarkS
    They are individuals and will grow at their own pace. A lot of people will brag that they're snakes are over 1000g at a year old. Yes, that can happen but that's an extreme example. I've had some get that big in a year and I've had others still be about the same size as yours. As long as he's feeding well and has good muscle tone then you're doing it right.
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