New BP, weight question.

4-5 days is solid for a smallish snake.

I bought a 1 year old snake at 125g and she went from 125 - 600 in the first 3 or 4 months I had her. I have a 1 year old male that I don't feed on an aggressive schedule that just broke 1,000g. 325 is fine if it was from a breeder. A lot of them feed smaller meals to keep space in their bigger racks...

I wouldn't do it, but a LOT of people do it in my experience.

AK I was just trying to illustrate that weight age alone is not all there is. Two animals the same age and weight one could be under weight one over. Yes I did use the ends as examples.

Yes people suck she arrived with a head as big as my thumb and a body about the size of my pinky. I was not sure she would make it. A combination of incomplete advise from a forum and not understanding the animal. (a tub t-stat and uth in a very cool room 50 degrees and the TStat set to 90 if the hot spot was 83 I'd be surprised and cool end of 51 or so just isn't going to cut it.)

I am careful commenting of animals health with incomplete information partially due to that snake.


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I'm with MrLang. Being that he is young and small, I would keep him on a 10-15% body weight diet every 5 days until he catches up a bit. He will bulk up in no time. It is amazing how fast they can grow when fed a proper diet.

kitedemon: :gj: