Would you purchase an 800 gram 08 female?

What's with everyone trying to power feed a snake just to get it up to breeding weight. Seems wrong.

My ~Nov 2008 male is only 290 grams. He eats once a week and is nice and healthy.

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Originally Posted by Tzeentch

What's with everyone trying to power feed a snake just to get it up to breeding weight. Seems wrong.

My ~Nov 2008 male is only 290 grams. He eats once a week and is nice and healthy.

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Please show me where someone told this guy to powerfeed?

What are you feeding the 08 male and how often?

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Originally Posted by Tzeentch

What's with everyone trying to power feed a snake just to get it up to breeding weight. Seems wrong.

My ~Nov 2008 male is only 290 grams. He eats once a week and is nice and healthy.

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I agree that most people probably overfeed their snakes, but if your snake hatched in Nov 08 and is only 290g you are underfeeding it.

Yeah I was going to say the same thing....

How is a November 2008 snake less than 300 grams? lol

Do you feed it a pinky every 21 days or something?

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Originally Posted by PurplePython

Please show me where someone told this guy to powerfeed?

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Not directly. I was going off of this:

"You can feed her well and she'll pack on the weight." Well yeah, feed a snake and they gain weight. Feed them "well" to pack on more weight?

And:

"My Male Pastel is a late 2009 and he weighs like 260 grams already. At this pace, my male will be bigger than that female in a shorter time."


My Nov 2009 Male Pastel is about 230.

Both my snakes eat mice and sometimes rat pups. They eat every 7 days.

Thanks to all that replied. I missed out on her but the seller had a 1,100 gram girl I picked up. Should get her tomorrow.

Xavier

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Originally Posted by Tzeentch

What's with everyone trying to power feed a snake just to get it up to breeding weight. Seems wrong.

My ~Nov 2008 male is only 290 grams. He eats once a week and is nice and healthy.

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explain power feeding to me. is this something that you have experience with or something that you read.

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Originally Posted by Tzeentch

Not directly. I was going off of this:

"You can feed her well and she'll pack on the weight." Well yeah, feed a snake and they gain weight. Feed them "well" to pack on more weight?

And:

"My Male Pastel is a late 2009 and he weighs like 260 grams already. At this pace, my male will be bigger than that female in a shorter time."


My Nov 2009 Male Pastel is about 230.

Both my snakes eat mice and sometimes rat pups. They eat every 7 days.

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lol so wait up.... We both have pastels that are the same exact age, and I am powerfeeding mine because mine is 30 grams heavier than yours? Is that what you are trying to say?

I feed my snake once every 5 days, 10-15% of his body weight. I weigh out every mouse I feed him to make sure its the right size.

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Originally Posted by Tzeentch

What's with everyone trying to power feed a snake just to get it up to breeding weight. Seems wrong.

My ~Nov 2008 male is only 290 grams. He eats once a week and is nice and healthy.

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Alright, I'm the queen of slow feeding but that just sounds off.
800 grams for an '08 is fine for me. I'm in no rush to breed and I feed steadily and often less than most people do..
However. 290 grams is a definite red flag.. I think you should get a parasite smear on that one or up the food size. That growth rate is very slow, and mind, I am ok with healthy slow growth rates.