Growth and weight gain question
So I'm still a noob to the BP world. I had reptiles in my teens but never a BP. I got my Mojave Male Dexter on 5/9/19. I weighed him in the bag when he arrived and he was 104g. Fast forward one month, he's eaten 4 times for me. Two live mice, and the last two meals he's taken frozen thawed mice ( was excited about the conversion lol). I just cleaned his enclosure, and put new substrate in (I have been spot cleaning as needed). Decided to weigh him since it's one month exactly since he's arrived. He weighed in at 161 grams for a difference of 57g. So my question is, is this normal growth weight/gain for a male? I know I'm probably being paranoid, but I want him to have the best life going that I can provide. So just curious. TIA for any info.
Side note. 3rd time in a row handled with no strike attempts. Even my 9 year old was comfortable enough to touch him today since he is mellowing out.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...df80ad8bf4.jpg
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Re: Growth and weight gain question
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Craiga 01453
That weight gain sounds perfectly fine.
But depending on when you weighed it may not be 100% accurate. If you weighed the snake "empty"? By that I mean after the snake pooped. That's the most accurate weight you can get. Their pees/poops can carry some weight.
Completely different species, but my subadult Borneo Short Tail Python just let go and after weighing him he lost almost 300 grams of his body weight. Hahhahahaha. Just wanted to give you an idea of how different "empty" weights can be.
Oh man, the wait is over, that is a serious poop.
To the OP, 57g in a month is great weight gain. But, to reiterate what Craig said, the most accurate weights are taken when empty, so your numbers don't get skewed by the weight of the meal.
