Is this common practice?

I might be in the same boat. I have two males a pin and a pastel. The pin is for sure from a reputable breeder. They're 310/320g and eating adult mice every 5-7 days. I know for sure the pin is nearing the one year mark. He's ~10 months old. The similar size makes me think they're the same age roughly. Are they too small for their age?

i'm not surprise if its from a pet store. The hatcling pastel bp i saw in my local petcetera look the exact same as when i saw him 2 months ago. I'm pretty sure they feed him probably once a month is at all

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

I have a 7 month old 600 gram yb het clown male and a 500 gram 2 year old Ivory, they grow at different rates and eat at different rates.
That being said I wouldn't sell a 2 year old poor eating snake without letting the customer know it was just that.
Not power feeding and a poor feeder are two very different things.

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That's pretty much how I feel about the situation right now. I did ask for a feeding log and they said they would get it to me with the snake, no log just feeding date. The girl jamie told me they didn't keep a log only yes/no if they ate when offered food and I said that was ok I would like a copy, she said nick could get that to me no prob. I emailed nick today since it didn't come with a log and I've been holding off to email them as I didn't want to come off as a hard ass right after getting a snake from them. Nick responds they do not keep feeding logs.

So I don't really know any approximation of how many meals he has taken since birth...kind of irritating. This was entirely my fault though, I recognize I did buy the snake prior to actually receiving and reviewing the snakes records. That being said I did expect a little more from Mark & Kim Bell's company, you know what I mean? I likely will not buy live animals from them ever again after this transaction though, they had a few males/females available at the time and all were within 20-30 grams of each other...makes me a bit more suspicious for animals that all feed and grow at different rates.

Thanks again for the reassurance though all of you, it has been a great help :cool: