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    76.1 grams for 2 month old normal?

    I picked up a ball python on August 17 she went blue about a week after so she did not feed for me she shed her skin a few days later august 24 th i offered food a few days later but she did not take im pretty sure the prey was to big she was only about 5 weeks at the time and had only had one meal prior to me bringing her home fast forward to her first meal after after refusing a few ft fuzzys i picked up some ft pinkies and she ate one on sept 2 she did not strike or show interest so i left overnight woke up it was gone
    i offered another pinky a week later she refused tried again 2 days later she refused my husbandry wasnt on point when i first picked her up but after doing my research i fixed all that was wrong i have a uth regulated by thermostat its set at 92 ambient air temp is about 90 on hotside 82-84 cool side i use a day time basking bulb in the day and che bulb at night to help maintain ambient air temp she is in a 20 gallon tank with identical hides on each side and water dish in middle humidity fluctuates between 40-50 i read that to gwt them started jts best to offer live i picked up a live fuzzie and in less then 5 mins she was wrapped around it and the fuzzy was swallowed within a few mins this was on friday i weighed her today and she is 76.1 grams im not sure how to post pics on thread so i wil not be adding pics but my question is is this a normal considered weight is she small she is about 8-9 weeks after doing more research im gonna offer her hoppers until she gets more weight on her would it be ok to feed her 2 hoppers on a weekly basis i am considering buying 2 hoplers when i go to feed this just wondering if it would be too much for her of would she be able to take them

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    Re: 76.1 grams for 2 month old normal?

    Pinkies and fuzzies are much too small for even a hatchling ball python, so hoppers are definitely not too big.

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    A few things too address here, prey size and enclosure size which will sooner or later lead to issues.

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    Re: 76.1 grams for 2 month old normal?



    That should help. Just go with this. Your humidity is too low btw, it needs to be 50-60. I learned this the hard way when Calliope's eye had a dent in it from low humidity. Once your snake is eating steady on live, I recommend switching over to ft, and to rats if you can. Hope this helps.


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    Re: 76.1 grams for 2 month old normal?

    Thanks for the tip i had a plexi glass top with a whole cut cut out for my dome over the warm aide but the humidity was always around 70-80 so thaught it may be a little high so i took off plexi glass and just covered with alumium foil to let a little more moisture escape ive been reading about scalerot and high humiditys

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    Re: 76.1 grams for 2 month old normal?

    Would 2 hoppers be to much for her? If only one doesnt leave a lump in her belly?

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    Re: 76.1 grams for 2 month old normal?

    The chart provided above is what I use with my hatchlings! Just out of curiosity do you intend to breed her or is she a pet? I get them on-to rats as quickly as possible as they have more nutrition especially calcium I believe as their bones are more developed. You can add photo's by creating a photo-bucket account and once its been uploaded to photo-bucket you can copy the URL! Hope I could be of some help!

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    Re: 76.1 grams for 2 month old normal?

    Well try just feeding her one first, really after her first three to five meals she should be on small mice or rat fuzzies like the chart says. If you don't think she's getting full on one hopper, try feeding her a small mouse/rat fuzzy next time. Two hoppers probably won't hurt but I always get nervous about feeding more than one prey item.


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    Re: 76.1 grams for 2 month old normal?

    From what I can see above, she's eaten thrice now, so a small mouse or rat fuzzy should be okay to give her.


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