Weight question!

Hi everyone,

I got a female bumble bee on July the 6th weighing only 56 grams. She feeds every time I offer, even in deep shed with blue eyes. I have been feeding 20% of her weight feeders (mice) every 7 days and she just accepted F/T small rats last weekend. Yesterday I weighted her and she weighs 296 grams. Do you guys think she is doing ok and gaining weight as she should? Some dude told me she should be weighing at least 500 grams.

July of this year? If so all sounds good.

I have a pinstripe female I got in July who was 64 grams. She's now about 300 grams on a similar feeding schedule. So I think your bee is fine.

I think 500 grams sounds like a lot in a short period of time. But then again, I got my BP at 116g and (two months later) he's around 160-180 grams, and I feed every 5-6 days at 10-15% body weight.

Personally I think you are doing great :) no need to super-feed (or whatever that term is).

Your snake sounds fine. Though 20% weight of feeders sound a little bit much. Typically 10-15% is recommend for babies and juvies. Then lowered even more once the snake is older and larger.

And it is possible for some ball pythons to grow 100g a month(or 500g in 5 months). My largest female did when she was a baby. All snakes grow at their own rate. But in general, a consistent eater on appropriate sized prey typically grow an average of 50-100 g a month.

As long as your little guy is a good body weight and not obese, you're fine.

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Originally Posted by Physician&Snakes

July of this year? If so all sounds good.

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Yes, July of this year. Thank you!

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Originally Posted by Apple

I have a pinstripe female I got in July who was 64 grams. She's now about 300 grams on a similar feeding schedule. So I think your bee is fine.

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Thank you!

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Originally Posted by NH93

I think 500 grams sounds like a lot in a short period of time. But then again, I got my BP at 116g and (two months later) he's around 160-180 grams, and I feed every 5-6 days at 10-15% body weight.

Personally I think you are doing great :) no need to super-feed (or whatever that term is).

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Agree! I don't like power feeding.

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Originally Posted by satomi325

Your snake sounds fine. Though 20% weight of feeders sound a little bit much. Typically 10-15% is recommend for babies and juvies. Then lowered even more once the snake is older and larger.

And it is possible for some ball pythons to grow 100g a month(or 500g in 5 months). My largest female did when she was a baby. All snakes grow at their own rate. But in general, a consistent eater on appropriate sized prey typically grow an average of 50-100 g a month.

As long as your little guy is a good body weight and not obese, you're fine.

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This is how I've been feeding my snakes since I started (20%). Can't remember who recomended this to me but I believe it works fine. They're not obese and look healthy. I agree with the fact that every snake grows at it's own rate. Thanks for the response :)

This is the girl that I'm talking about. She has amazing colors and she is 50% het for albino.

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This is the girl that I'm talking about. She has amazing colors and she is 50% het for albino.

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Nice physique.

I have a few females I hatched july/aug that are well over 500gm. The pig award goes the my male coral glow. Hatched 7/14 and weighed 688g saturday, a day after eating.http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...atdrink020.gifhttp://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...aughing021.gif He will be hitting the ladies very soon.

They all grow at different rates. Currently I have two albino girls that are about a week apart in age, one is about 400g and the other is 900g.
As long as they are eating don't worry so much about the weight.:gj:

I personally wouldn't worry about her weight as young as she is. As long as she is eating and being fed well it really does not matter. Some seem to grow super fast, some don't. Being she is not refusing meals she is going to grow at her own pace anyhow. I have 1.1 pastels that were clutch mates from around the same time that I haven't weighed, however they both started on frozen thawed, worked their way up to frozen thawed adult mice the female took 2 every time the male took 1 every time. The female is over double the size of her clutch mate brother. also the male just straight up stopped taking F/T and will only take live. LOL they seem to be more in control of their eating than I am.

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I have a few females I hatched july/aug that are well over 500gm. The pig award goes the my male coral glow. Hatched 7/14 and weighed 688g saturday, a day after eating.http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...atdrink020.gifhttp://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...aughing021.gif He will be hitting the ladies very soon.

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That CG is a real pig! Lol


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Originally Posted by killswitch

I personally wouldn't worry about her weight as young as she is. As long as she is eating and being fed well it really does not matter. Some seem to grow super fast, some don't. Being she is not refusing meals she is going to grow at her own pace anyhow. I have 1.1 pastels that were clutch mates from around the same time that I haven't weighed, however they both started on frozen thawed, worked their way up to frozen thawed adult mice the female took 2 every time the male took 1 every time. The female is over double the size of her clutch mate brother. also the male just straight up stopped taking F/T and will only take live. LOL they seem to be more in control of their eating than I am.

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This one is ok with f/t mice (taking two every time she eats) but won't take rat dead or alive. I have a male enchi that is her same size and is already taking small rats. Do you have any ideas to make the change from mice to rats?


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I wish I had a better answer for you. However some ball pythons will not take rats. I have a 1600 gram female high white piebald who is perfect in every way except she ABSOLUTLY WILL NOT TAKE RATS. I have tried and tried, she eats 3 to 4 large adult mice every week, one right after another, she strikes 1 I put another in 2 mind later she takes that one and seriously she puts 4 of them down in under 10 minutes. then my 700 gram bumblebee het pied male will eat anything I put in with him, live mouse frozen thawed mouse live rat frozen rat. whatever I have he will eat with gusto.

I have simply come to the conclusion that she just simply doesn't like rats. I've fed her mice bigger than the smallest rats I've given her and it makes no difference. I put a small rat in there for an hour watching it go in and out of her hide and she just avoids it. within 30 seconds of putting a mouse in there she is rushing out her hide to get ahold of it.

My one girl is the same way.. even tried asfs, nope mice only.

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My one girl is the same way.. even tried asfs, nope mice only.

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Tell me about it! With this bee I thought she wouldn't take rats because she was used to f/t mice so ai tried live rats but nothing. She has an incredible feeding response but only for mice. Hope she eventually gets rats or i will have to link rats after the mouse on every meal.


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