Is its weight okay?

I have a baby ball.. It was born in october..

I never weighed it until just now..
It weighs 119 grams..
Is that okay??
It doesnt sound like that much.

my pastel was born in oct 08, and he weighs 284g. so yeah it underweight. what are you feeding him?

maybe a little underweight... she's only a few months old though, and they don't all grow at the same rate. Maybe bump up the prey size... what's her feeding schedule?

i feed it a hopper mouse every 5 days

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Originally Posted by MUSTANGGTANDGSXR

my pastel was born in oct 08, and he weighs 284g. so yeah it underweight. what are you feeding him?

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Your snake is not the idealistic growth of all snakes. Each and every snake grows at a different weight, some significant, some not. My first ball grows extremely slowly, while a couple others are half his age and catching up fast.

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Originally Posted by LYDIA

i feed it a hopper mouse every 5 days

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At that weight, up to an adult mouse.

still feed it eery 5 days tho?

I would up the prey (as suggested) and still feed every 5 days until she/he gets some weight on :)

what should it weigh right now??

Mine both weigh around 130 and were born at the same time as yours... I have yet to get them over to frozen and have been feeding them live fairly infrequently (the first month (november) they didn't even eat because they wouldn't take frozen, after that I have fed them maybe 2 mice every 2 weeks, the issue is that getting lives is actually quite the endeavor for me (it's about 3 hours to a pet store and back since I don't drive and the closest pet store (about a 45 minute walk) refuses to sell me live because they will go to feeding and they have as such refused time and time again to sell to me). But this week I should get a shipment of small rats (frozen) which I hope to get them eating :( I'm just hoping that heating them in warm water will work :/

And I'd also recommend having your snake on full sized mice at this point. At birth they should be getting a hopper or two every 5 to 7 days, by 3 months they should be eating mice to small rats on that same schedule.

no specific weight there all different, I have a 2 guys that were born in july and are only 230-280, Is your snake a good eater, does it take some time to eat, try 2 mice a week, 2 hoppers or 2 adults, I would at least up it to 1 adult a week, and yea keep at ur same 5 day schedule.

Hrm lets do a little math here...

Lets assume the snake is born at 100g and it eats every week, in all equations we will assume that the prey weighs exactly 15% of it's body weight and the snake was born on the beginning of October (so 4 weeks in october, november, december, and 3 in January, totally 15 weeks).

Assuming the snake will gain 10% of the consumed items weight: 125.02g

25%: 173.71g

50%: 295.89g

This really depends entirely on how much weight the snake will gain per prey item. However, your snake weighs 120g (or so) as such the prey item you should be aiming for is probably around 18g (at 15% which I believe is the typical recommended size).

As for the prey item it should be eating weanling mice or fuzzy rats based on Rodent Pro's weights. From here the size is based on how often you feed it. If you continue feeding every 5 days it should build up in size nicely.

The guy i bought it from said he always fed it live..
But when i tryed it.. He was scared of it..
It only eats frozen.. And i dont dangle it in front of him or anything. It has to be completely still..
After i got thur the last hoppers i have ill feed him bigger ones..
I have 2 left,
so if i feed him tomorrow.. And thursday would that be okay?

I'd feed both hoppers tomorrow

I thought you werent supposed to feed 2 at a time??

Eh you can. Just weigh them, if they are more than 30% of it's weight I'd only feed it one. which I strongly doubt.

How do you figure that out?
Just divide them by the snakes wieght??

Your snake is roughly 120g, then they really shouldn't weigh more than 36g. I'm not saying that is a good general rule for feeding but if you're thinking of feeding it a decent bit quickly I'd not go over 30%. In general your snake should probably be eating around 18g items for every time you feed.

Okay thanks so much

That is a little small for a 4 month old ball python, it should probably be more around the 300-400g range. It should have no problem taking down two hoppers in one meal and should probably be eating an adult mouse or a rat pup from now on. The snake will eat both meals if it wants them and wont if it doesnt :)