How big should she be?

I'm just trying to get an average size for a year and half-old female. What would you look for the general length/weight to be?

Hmm, I don't have any females at a year and a half, but my male spider is that age and he's 850 grams. He's a big boy though. He grew like a weed! I would say anything around that would be average. I also have a mojo male the same age who is a tough feeder who is 400 grams. They can really range depending on how much they grow, how much they eat, etc.

Ah okay. She's about 400g I would think but she eats well and she's pretty long. Although she's supposed to be on F/T young rats I couldn't find any at the time so I got larger F/T mice. But they're not even as big around as she is! I'm wondering if I should offer two mice or what?

I have a female spider that I hatched out in Aug. she is sitting at 338g

My female was hatched around may last year and is around 450g and about 32-34".

400g for a year and a half seems a bit light to me, but all snakes are unique, so it might not be a reason to worry.

You can definitely give her two mice at a time. My '10 girls, roughly 4-6 months old are all sitting at 400 grams as well.

It really does depend on the snake.

I've got one that age at 930 grams, and one only a week younger at 540. Just like people, they eat and grow at different rates.

Gale

400+ grams for an almost two year old snake is alittle skinny..try offering acouple of items a feeding or try and feed them every 5 days. Bumping up the prey size will help as well..Just to give you an idea of how much they can nary though I have 4 month old snakes sitting at almost 300 grams and animals that are 18 months old at almost 1000 grams, then on the other end I have a 2006 female that is olny 900 grams.

At 300+ grams I bump mine up to small rats in the 40 - 50 gram range if they'll take them.

I'll try upping her to two mice and see if she'll take them; she wolfed down the last mouse I gave her in no time so I'm pretty sure she'll do it.

She's going to the vet this Saturday for a possible RI, but I have no idea whether she got it before or after I got her, so maybe that's making her not gain as much as she would've normally?

They all grow at a different rate and many factors are involved such as the individual itself, prey size, feeding frequency, whether or not the animal fast or eat with consistency etc.

Most important is that the animal is healthy and has a good body weight :gj:

Though 400 grams at that age is on the runt side.

If being fed appropriate size prey weekly and the animal is not putting on weight than I would recommend to have a fecal done.

If not fed appropriate size prey I would recommend feeding the right size and having an heavier feeding schedule for a while.

Then again I dunno when in '09 the breeder hatched her. Is it possible she's a late '09-er? I don't know if you can breed at any time of the year or if they stick to a certain season/month(s).

I hatched out my clutches in Aug., Oct.,Nov.,& Dec.

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Originally Posted by llovelace

I hatched out my clutches in Aug., Oct.,Nov.,& Dec.

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Hm, then it's quite possible that she's just a little over a year old... In which case it might make more sense that she's around 400g.

(I think she knows she's getting fed today. She's usually in her box but today she's in her log with her head out of one of the side holes, watching me. It's adorable! haha)

I have a female that hatched on August 31 2010, and she's over 400 grams. Then again she has never missed a meal, and if I have one snake that doesn't eat, she'll take it.