Female Size Difference

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

No, if that's how much the female wants to grow in a year, it's fine. ;)

-adam

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I retract that then. Thanks

well i fed her once a week, never anything bigger than a small rat(maybe sometimes 2) so if thats the weight she got to then she should be ok.

unless shes taking steroids behind my back...

i think some bps like to give us trouble by not eating every week...


but i noticed that yellow(1000g) is much more friendly and not shy and she is a hardcore eater

but brown(750g) is very timid and nervous around people and she wont feel like eating once in a while

i wonder if their behaviour has something to do with feeding response

Yes.

My pastel female is a great eater, "outgoing", and 1104g

The normal female is very shy, was a poor eater and is 473g If my normal female is distrubed from her hide so that she's wandering around her tub in the rack shortly before she is fed, she will not feed

The normal female could be one of her clutch mates; they're very close to the same age. I picked up both at the same time from the breeder.

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Originally Posted by bigballs

unless shes taking steroids behind my back...

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:8: :omfg: HAHAHAHAHAH!!!! that was funny!

thank you, thank you


i try...:D

ya i know. if i handle brown at all before a feeding then there is a good chance that she may not even eat.

i wonder that maybe the "outgoing" ones feel safe and the "shy" ones not as much and that affects their feeding response and growth rate?

stress level?

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Originally Posted by bigballs

i wonder that maybe the "outgoing" ones feel safe and the "shy" ones not as much and that affects their feeding response and growth rate?

stress level?

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I would be inclinded to think so, as my female pastel lived in a 20 gal long tank for almost a year of her life with me, while my normal female lived in a small rubbermaid.

I've seen a large improvement in the normal female feeding response since I moved her into a rack.

Growth is growth. Heck we have a male BP who hit 1,000 grams right around his first birthday and that's a big boy from what I can compare him too LOL. He's never been overfed, never fasted, just a steady, strong eater week after week. Most of that 1,000 grams came by the way on rat pups and weanlings. He didn't even see his first small rat till he was a year old. Some of them just seem to use their food very efficiently, perhaps that's genetically driven...I don't know. I do know he came from a great breeder so he's carrying some wonderful genetics with him and was a very well started baby so I'm sure all that plays into it as well.

youre right, growth is growth.
i find it interesting how two sisters can be so different.
kinda like people...