Weight gain

The heck with all the weights......look at the fattest part of the snake, and give them 1 rodent a little bigger than that every 7 days........easy enough.......don't make it more difficult than it is......should work out though close to as I explained above.

Jason

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Originally Posted by JTrott

At 16 months old, I have some snakes that are well over 1000 grams.......sounds like you are feeding her rats/mice that are WAY TOO SMALL.........at almost 3 feet, she can eat large small rats, or small medium rats.....something in the 100-125 gram range......a weanling rat is about 25 grams or so...give or take.......way to small......

Jason

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My weaned rats are 40 grams. And I go my weight, she is 386 grams after her shed and poop, 40 grams is over 10%. I wanted her to eat another to make it 20% but she wouldn't eat it. Before I got my scale I always fed her a mouse or rat that was as big around as the biggest part of her body. She's gaining 100 grams per month on her five day schedule so if I bump it up to 20% should should put on some good weight.

I feed tomorrow...I will try and snap some pics of snakes that are about the same size as yours....some 2011 holdbacks that are about 400 or so grams, and what they are eating.......

Jason

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Originally Posted by Xotik

Yeah, since joining here I've realized just how drastically behind one of mine is. She doesn't /look/ underweight - but apparently she is. I've bumped her up to 25% and shes doing great. I'm trying to get rid of the frozen mice I have, so I can buy rats the next time around - that should help significantly as well.

I would say to keep it on a 5day rotation at 30%. I feed Ryn 2x 35g mice every 5-6 days (depends on if she wants to eat or not). Once I get rid of the mice, I'll buy rat pups and continue the same thing.

30% sounds like it might be more helpful for yours. She may need the extra - though how are you feeding her? 1 rodent at 30% or 2 rodents at 15% each? and if the 2 rodents - do you do continuous feed, or do you let her finish one and strike at another?

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The last three feedings well one was three rat pups which equaled 15% and then a weaned and a rat pup which were 15% and then the last one was just a weaned rat at 40 grams and just over 10%. I have three rats in the freezer that are between 114 and 125 grams so they're between 28-30% plus the weaned rat I prekilled for her and then seven more weaned at 40 grams and up. I think i'll feed off the F/T first and wait for the live ones to grow more.

My 2011 male pastel is four months old and he's 388 grams. Did I forget to mention that my female was a rescue?