73 Grams?

is 73 grams an OK weight for a 6-8 week old baby male royal?

Thanks

Yes, that's fine.

Yea there have been hatchlings as small as like 25grams so thats an ok weight imo. It was probably just a small hatchling.

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Originally Posted by SRMD94

is 73 grams an OK weight for a 6-8 week old baby male royal?

Thanks

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Not really a bad weight.depends on what he weighed when he was born. I just hatched 2 that were 76g out the egg. But some hatch at 50g. Just rememver it may take a few weeks before they even begin to eat. Yours may have only had 1 meal yet, which is perfectly ok. As long as hes eating youll start to see him pick up weight soon

The average hatchling is 55/70 grams so either your BP was a very small runt in the 30/40 grams or it is younger and was not started or barely.

Do you have any record (hatching, feeding)?

The problem is with an animal that size and obviously not well established is that it might be very hard for you to get him to eat.

My guess it was a small CH that might have a meal maybe two and that was it, not the best thing to get started in this hobby which is why it is so important to get an established animal from a good breeder.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

The average hatchling is 55/70 grams so either your BP was a very small runt in the 30/40 grams or it is younger and was not started or barely.

Do you have any record (hatching, feeding)?

The problem is with an animal that size and obviously not well established is that it might be very hard for you to get him to eat.

My guess it was a small CH that might have a meal maybe two and that was it, not the best thing to get started in this hobby which is why it is so important to get an established animal from a good breeder.

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didnt get a record no but ive actually just attempted to feed him for the first time and he took it straight away! so im quite pleased with that :)

just a question how long should i wait to go up on his food? hes on small hairy mice at the moment, the snake seems very healthy and hes very friendly since ive had him which is 1week he has nevery acted agressive towards me and last night he had a perfect shed also

Also the snake was Captive Bred, i was able to choose from many babys :)

I'd say that is in the normal range. Especially if he was a small baby.

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Originally Posted by SRMD94

didnt get a record no but ive actually just attempted to feed him for the first time and he took it straight away! so im quite pleased with that :)

just a question how long should i wait to go up on his food? hes on small hairy mice at the moment, the snake seems very healthy and hes very friendly since ive had him which is 1week he has nevery acted agressive towards me and last night he had a perfect shed also

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Just keep using food thats the same width of his body.

And just a heads up, babies can be a little nippy when they first learn to eat. Just understand its not an aggression thing, its more a defensive thing and can also be that they havent learned how to distinguish between the heat signature of you and that of its food.

They grow out of it with handling.
Just gotta have the balls to pick him up untill then :)

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Originally Posted by SRMD94

didnt get a record no but ive actually just attempted to feed him for the first time and he took it straight away! so im quite pleased with that :)

just a question how long should i wait to go up on his food? hes on small hairy mice at the moment, the snake seems very healthy and hes very friendly since ive had him which is 1week he has nevery acted agressive towards me and last night he had a perfect shed also

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Just keep using food thats the same width of his body.

And just a heads up, babies can be a little nippy when they first learn to eat. Just understand its not an aggression thing, its more a defensive thing and can also be that they havent learned ho

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Originally Posted by Izzys Keeper

Just keep using food thats the same width of his body.

And just a heads up, babies can be a little nippy when they first learn to eat. Just understand its not an aggression thing, its more a defensive thing and can also be that they havent learned how to distinguish between the heat signature of you and that of its food.

They grow out of it with handling.
Just gotta have the balls to pick him up untill then :)

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yeah i understand everything to do with that but thanks for the advice, before i got a snake i done tons of research haha he seems very nice though he just chills in my hand hardly ever goes into a ball or the striking potion, and also ive heard that a hamster bite is worse than a snakes bit lol

ive also decided to keep my own record of the snake:
http://gyazo.com/4eb88cd2ae9b8e189a6c06cb90b17feb

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Originally Posted by SRMD94

just a question how long should i wait to go up on his food? hes on small hairy mice at the moment

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At that age you just need to eyeball it and feed a prey slightly smaller to equal the girth size (widest part of your BP's body) you can feed him every 5 to 7 days.

As he will grow his metabolism will change so will the way you will feed him but for now that is what will work.

Once he will be an adult assuming it is a male he will not require more than 2 to 3 mice per feeding or a small rat in the 55/65 grams range once a week (at that point you no longer go by girth size)

Congrats on the feeding :gj:

I would say to convert to rat pups around 130 ish grams. I had a 5 week old cinnie shipped to me and she was about 140g and took the rat pups swimmingly. But this is if you can convert him to rats. Some snakes are just mousers so like Deborah said about 2 - 3 mice per feeding as an adult.

I often start my new hatchlings on rat pups. Hatchlings as small as 60 grams can take a small rat fuzzy.
If they're willing to start on rats, it sets them up with good eating habits for life. While many males stay pretty small, I do have some that get up over 1500 grams, and mice just won't cut it, lol.

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

I often start my new hatchlings on rat pups. Hatchlings as small as 60 grams can take a small rat fuzzy.
If they're willing to start on rats, it sets them up with good eating habits for life. While many males stay pretty small, I do have some that get up over 1500 grams, and mice just won't cut it, lol.

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So basically when hes grown some more i should feed in 2-3 mice in one feeding sesh? or i could just feed him 1 rat?
and if i converted to rats what would it be?
rat pups or rat fluffs?
hes currently on small mice

thanks