Weight to start selling babies?

What is the general weight everyone is comfortable with selling their babies? Me personally I feel around 250g should be established enough, but I've seen birth weight babies being sold and was just wondering what the consensus is?


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Usually breeders make sure the hatchlings have had at least 3 good sized meals in then before they sell.
that seems to be the most common.
Normally babies would be around 70-80g at that stage.

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I'd like to know as well, as I am still learning here. Haven't had my clutch yet, and when I do, I will happily post my cherry being popped on here lol.

At 200g you're going to have your babies for at least a year or more before you sell. You don't have to wait near as long if you don't want to.

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Originally Posted by mues155

At 200g you're going to have your babies for at least a year or more before you sell. You don't have to wait near as long if you don't want to.

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Takes that long?


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I don't go by weight. They have to have had three consecutive meals with no refusal.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I don't go by weight. They have to have had three consecutive meals with no refusal.

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What weight does that usually get you to though?... Out of curiosity.


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I brought home 2 females from the last expo from the same breeder. He said they were eating well on live for him and they took f/t for me right away. One was 56g and the other was 78g.

Like robin said. Most people make sure they have 2-3 meals without refusing. Its not so much by weight as each baby will grow at their own rate.

It depends on the hatch weight. Some babies will hatch at 50 grams, some at 90 grams. So weight is not a reliable indicator of feeding. Once a baby eats three times in a row, with no refusal, it's ready to be sold.

Yes, people do sell babies that are just out of the egg and have not fed at all, which is a practice I frown on. To me, a reputable breeder will take the time and care to be sure a baby is feeding before it is sold. Someone with little or no experience with starting a hatchling may never get a baby to feed and it will slowly starve to death.

But, regardless of weight, if a baby has eaten at least three times in a row, I feel it is ready to be sold.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I don't go by weight. They have to have had three consecutive meals with no refusal.

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Originally Posted by Gomojoe

What weight does that usually get you to though?... Out of curiosity.


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Depends on the size if the hatchling to start with and the size of the prey offered, obviously an 50 gram hatchling will be offered a smaller prey then a 85 grams hatchling which would translate in a significant size difference.

Too many people are stuck on weights instead of looking at the animal. Look at breeding. a snake doesnt hit 1200 grams and all of a sudden they can breed, Makes dont hit 500 grams and magically start producing sperm. This is why you need to know your animals and why most people go off of feeding response.

Once mine have had 3 consecutive meals, I put them up for sale.

I got both of my babies at around eighty grams. I'd rather buy a fifty gram snake with a really strong feeding responce than a one hundred fifty gram snake that won't eat, and I won't be selling any baby snakes until they have had at least three meals with no refusals and have a strong feeding response

I have bought hatchlings as small as 58grams, and the Fire Spider I recently picked up was 78g or so and feeds like crazy.

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At 200g you're going to have your babies for at least a year or more before you sell. You don't have to wait near as long if you don't want to.

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At a year my babies are in the 500-1000 gram range. It only takes a few months to see them hit 200 grams....sometimes less.

With proper housing/feedings they should be way more than 200 grams at a year old. Some of mine from last year (they will a year in Sep.) are ranging for 560-765gr.

My hatchlings were all around the 74g mark. All but one have had 2 meals already and I'm letting them go to new homes after their 3rd.

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Originally Posted by Brandon Osborne

At a year my babies are in the 500-1000 gram range. It only takes a few months to see them hit 200 grams....sometimes less.

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I had a spider male hit 215g after 3 months this year :D

Its usually about 100g a month for non overfed good eaters...

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I'm picking up my first hatchling mid-August from my breeder. He hatched out small, so the breeder and I spoke and she requested to keep him a little longer, just to make sure he caught up to his clutchmates. His feeding response has been great. In fact, I probably could have picked him up this week, but we are leaving for 10 days in just under 2 weeks, and I'd rather be home to monitor his 'settling in' and get him on a solid routine.

He will probably be around 100g by the time I pick him up, which is great. I know he'll be an established eater, he's shed just fine and is pounding F/T without hesitation.

At the end of the day, I'd rather have a breeder tell me they're holding onto it 2-3 weeks longer, to make sure everything is 100%.

It's hard waiting, I'll tell you that! Haha. But the last thing I'd want is to get a baby that was 'eating fine' just before I got it, but then encounter problems down the road.

3 consecutive, unassisted meals, and they're ready to go. If they're fussy, or I had to assist start them, I add a few more on to that number, just to make sure they will thrive.

I've hatched out some 53 gram babies, and some 92 gram babies, already this year, so weight is definitely no indicator! My well-established little guys aren't even up to the weight of my 92 gram newborns yet.

Since 500 grams is the average weight of a one year old on a heavy feeding schedule, you'd have to keep a baby around 6 months, reasonably, for it to get up to 250 grams. Or a year, if it's on a lighter feeding schedule. I don't see that as necessary--if a baby is eating well and regularly, and pooping and behaving normally, that's enough to reasonably show that it's healthy.