Growth rate of brooks kingsnake

Small rats are typically 60-80g. I have a Ball Python at around 500g that I'm still feeding rat weanlings (he'll be going to small rats or a double dose of rat weanlings when he hits 600g). I'm sure your king is capable of eating small rats, since he's doing it...but.....wow. :oops:

Yea he is a little piggy soon I'm going to start feeding him 1 small rat and another small prey item as these small rats don't really seem to make a dent in him anymore

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Your snake could also be a little older than you were told. I still think you might be feeding him just a little too much. I usually feed my kings 10-15% of their body weight every 5 days until they turn one then I scale it back to about 10% of their body weight every 7 days, sometimes a little less. My kings eat 2 jumbo mice or a jumbo mouse and a chick every 7 days and they're 650 and 700g each. Most kings are pretty aggressive feeders so you'll want to be careful not to overfeed them. I'd cut back on the size of his meals a bit and feed him every 7 days instead of every 5 days.

Ok and no the age is correct they had a chart they gave me with him that came from the breeder and it had the hatch date and all the feeding times and what he ate but I can't seem to find it anywhere

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The only difference I really see in your feeding and mine is you do 2 smaller prey items while I fed one that's sorta big but can that really make that much of a difference? I've been feeding him sorta like my ball pythons one meal a week that's a pretty decent size

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Our feeding regiments are very similar but my kings are a year older and 300g larger. Your king looks healthy so do what works best for you. If you see him getting too chunky you can always dial it back.

Yea that's what I do at times when he still looks a little big I just didn't know if it was bad for him that's why I was wondering if I was doing something wrong but next king I get I'm going to try that way and write down the differences

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He sure does make the biggest mess when he does go to the bathroom but I really love him because he poops in one corner

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This is what he gets every 5 to 7 days but it's beginning to look a little small for him

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