Is my male too small?

I have a male bp, he's always been on the small side. He eats a small rat once a week and he's 700 grams. Should I be feeding him larger rats? Is 700 grams normal for a small male?
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How old and how long is he? My 7 year old is only 1100 grams so might not be that small.

He's about 3 years old

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His body looks fine to me! Some males are just smaller. He should be fed whatever size is suitable (smalls for now) and he will grow if he should. Feeding too large prey may just make him regurgitate it.

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He's about 3 years old

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Looks healthy to me!!!


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Ok thank you! I figured that was the correct size, I just wanted to make sure! ☺️

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Ok thank you! I figured that was the correct size, I just wanted to make sure! [emoji5]

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Beautiful btw. Normal?


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Here is a 46 inch 7 year old so no not too skinny/small at all.

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He's at the correct size now, as said above, some males are just smaller.

Don't try to feed him bigger prey, that won't really make him grow but instead will make him fat.

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Beautiful btw. Normal?


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Yes ☺️ He was my first snake. I also have another male bumblebee

my picky 3-year-old male just hit 900g. all snakes are different and grow at their own rate.

he looks perfect. you've done a great job. [emoji3]

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my picky 3-year-old male just hit 900g. all snakes are different and grow at their own rate.

he looks perfect. you've done a great job. [emoji3]

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Thank you 😊

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Yes [emoji5] He was my first snake. I also have another male bumblebee

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I have a normal as well. They are absolutely sinning in their own way imo. I'm gonna be getting another snake soon myself, but it won't be a ball python. I'm researching on getting a Boa. [emoji6]


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I have a normal as well. They are absolutely sinning in their own way imo. I'm gonna be getting another snake soon myself, but it won't be a ball python. I'm researching on getting a Boa. [emoji6]


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A boa will be my next snake, too! Either Suriname or Guyana

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A boa will be my next snake, too! Either Suriname or Guyana

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I just settled on Suriname after spending a whole day practically screaming "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE JUST ONE?!" The SunGlow BCIs sure are GORGEOUS though it you'd be interested in that.


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I just settled on Suriname after spending a whole day practically screaming "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE JUST ONE?!" The SunGlow BCIs sure are GORGEOUS though it you'd be interested in that.


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I actually have a family friend that is planning on breeding their sunglows so I'll definitely being getting one in the future ☺️ I'm probably going to go with a Suriname for my next snake, they are just so beautiful

Mine's about 38" 800gish, was more like 34" and 600gish when I got him as a 2 yr old. I've probably been feeding him more/more fatty food than the breeder did, since he was skipping feeding weeks in that situation. Just did a skip for me a week or two ago. Males can just be weird like that.

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A picture of him stretched out would help with telling if he's skinny or not but here's a good chart to follow https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a5151c410e.jpg


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According to this, i should be feeding my female a medium rat(as she is over 1400g) and my male a small rat( as he is over 800g). I currently feed my female a small rat and this will the first time feeding my male and i would have gone with large weiner...maybe. Thanks for this chart. It will help me alot.

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According to this, i should be feeding my female a medium rat(as she is over 1400g) and my male a small rat( as he is over 800g). I currently feed my female a small rat and this will the first time feeding my male and i would have gone with large weiner...maybe. Thanks for this chart. It will help me alot.

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No problem! A know a lot of people on the forum use this chart (myself included) so anytime I see someone worried about feeding their snake the wrong size prey or if they're snake is too thin, I send it to them lol.


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It's not about weight but body proportions and you do not want to feed anything bigger than a small rat for a male even the biggest ones.

Males should be lean and trim.

As for their size at a certain age they all grow at a different rate, based on weight out of the egg, how fast they get started, prey size, feeding frequency, skipped meal, fast and genetic predisposition.

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No problem! A know a lot of people on the forum use this chart (myself included) so anytime I see someone worried about feeding their snake the wrong size prey or if they're snake is too thin, I send it to them lol.


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I went to the petshop earlier(as it's feeding day) and looked for a medium rat and this thing was huge! Much wider than my female, so i purchased a small rat instead. My male is being abit fussy. He struck and missed the first time and caught it the second time. He hasn't ate it at all. Not sure why though. Should i leave the rat there and hope he eats it later?

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I went to the petshop earlier(as it's feeding day) and looked for a medium rat and this thing was huge! Much wider than my female, so i purchased a small rat instead. My male is being abit fussy. He struck and missed the first time and caught it the second time. He hasn't ate it at all. Not sure why though. Should i leave the rat there and hope he eats it later?

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My male does that sometimes. He'll strike it and take it and curl around it for a bit, and then he'll let it sit there for about an hour- an hour and a half and eat it. You can try leaving it in there for a while (some say over night) and he should take it. If he doesn't, you can take it out and throw it away and try again later. My male hasn't done it in a while, now he takes it and drags it into his hide to eat it in privacy, so he may eventually start doing that. Nothing to be concerned about though, you can just leave it in there for a bit and he should eventually take it on his own.


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My male does that sometimes. He'll strike it and take it and curl around it for a bit, and then he'll let it sit there for about an hour- an hour and a half and eat it. You can try leaving it in there for a while (some say over night) and he should take it. If he doesn't, you can take it out and throw it away and try again later. My male hasn't done it in a while, now he takes it and drags it into his hide to eat it in privacy, so he may eventually start doing that. Nothing to be concerned about though, you can just leave it in there for a bit and he should eventually take it on his own.


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Seems like he tried pulling it into his hide as it's half out and his head is poking out his at the same time. He is a weird boy. Lol. I will leave it in there then. Only got him on Sunday, so this is his first feed with me. My female takes hers with ease everytime. My corn coiled round the mouse more than my pythons. Lol.

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