does feeder weight matter?

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Originally Posted by Figure8

Wow, I know mine is at least 4 month old and weighs 75 grams, 49 when I first got him a month ago from a petstore.

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75 grams for a four month old seems pretty low as well. my four month old spider is pushing 200 (and i have not been powerfeeding him by any means). might want to look at feeding him some more.

JonV

75 grams tends to tell me that that animal isn't getting the nutation it needs to grow.
How often are you feeding? If your feeding every 7 days and it still isn't growing your best bet is to get that animal check out for internal parasites.

I think he is growing slowly but surely. When I got him he seemed horribly thin and dehydrated, now he looks to be almost twice the girth he was. I feed him every 7 days but the "small mice" I've gotten usually end up being hoppers according to my scale, so depending on if I can get a ride to the petstore later that day, I get him another "small mouse".