Seem alright? Weights... Poop... Size...

Got her 07/13/17.

Been feeding her, and she's been eating fine. First 3 feedings were 1 pinky each at 2 grams. Her last feeding was 08/04, and on that date I gave her 2 pinkies (2 gr. each). Of all these feedings, I've only found poop in her small tub after the first feeding. All other feedings, have never found any poop. Some pee, yes, but no poop. That seem right? She looks fine, is acting fine, very active when she's out of hiding.

06/11 - hatched
07/13 - received
07/14 - first feeding, 2 gr. pinky
07/19 - weighed in at 16 gr. / found some poop in the tub
07/20 - feeding, 2 gr. pinky
07/30 - feeding, 2 gr. pinky
08/02 - weighed in at 16 gr.
08/04 - feeding, 2 pinkies at 2 gr. each
08/08 - weighed in at 20 gr.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...8_19_03_03.jpg

Yeah, all seems good to me. She's eating regularly, gaining weight.

Pinkies have a very high water content due to not being fully developed. So your girl is using the vast majority of her intake to grow.

She's beautiful, looking forward to watching her grow :gj:

Beautiful MBK. If she's eating multiple pinkys at a feeding it may be time to move her up to fuzzys.

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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

Beautiful MBK. If she's eating multiple pinkys at a feeding it may be time to move her up to fuzzys.

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I think she meant she was feeding 1 pinkie that was 2 grams :P


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Originally Posted by BluuWolf

I think she meant she was feeding 1 pinkie that was 2 grams :P


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08/04 - feeding, 2 pinkies at 2 gr. each.

Since they don't have much nutritional value I try to get my snakes off pinkys and on to more mature prey items as soon as they can handle them. I believe for my kings it was roughly 4-6 weeks on pinkys before they went to fuzzys.

Try to feed on a consistent schedule. You are at 6, 10 and then 5 days. See if that helps consistent feeding response and solid growth.

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Originally Posted by ElliotNess

Try to feed on a consistent schedule. You are at 6, 10 and then 5 days. See if that helps consistent feeding response and solid growth.

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I don't see any problems with the OP's feeding regiment and it doesn't seem like the snake is refusing food or not growing well. I often vary the feeding frequency and prey sizes for all my snakes. My young kings would eat every 5-7 days on average for the first year, every 7-10 days for the second year, and every 10-14 days as adults. I will say that if you want to see quicker growth get the snake on rats if it will eat them. All of my snakes grew faster on rats than they did on mice but my kings were pretty finicky when it came to eating rats.

Just the last feeding, on 08/04, was two pinkies. Going to feed today and see if she takes two again.

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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

Beautiful MBK. If she's eating multiple pinkys at a feeding it may be time to move her up to fuzzys.

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I was looking at the fuzzy sizes at the local shop here, and to me it seemed like they were still a bit larger than the snakes widest girth. But, I could just be a terrible judge at that. I'll see if she eats both fine today, and then maybe I will try the fuzzy on the next feeding.

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Originally Posted by ElliotNess

Try to feed on a consistent schedule. You are at 6, 10 and then 5 days. See if that helps consistent feeding response and solid growth.

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I'm actually feeding on a 5-day schedule. That first one at day 6 was because I moved her again and she didn't eat, so I fed her the next day. Then I was out of the country on vacation, and fed her when I got back... 10 days later. And, I'll be away again this coming week, so I'll feed her today and then her next feeding will be when I get back on Thursday. After that, it'll be a consistent 5-day schedule while she's young.

I've been tracking my King's progress on Iherp. If you want to see feeding schedule/poops/weight gain for past two years, you can see it here:

http://www.iherp.com/Public/Animals/...nimalID=171279

The two kings here went through shy/fussy phases at first, but now my Thayeri is a good reliable girl (just leave it with her and go away), and the MBK has a great feed response - I'll be moving him to rat pups soon, and expect zero issues.


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