WOW, fast weight gain

[steveboos]

smith, i always make sure to zero out the scale. i even checked their weight twice just to make sure. goliath ate a 60g rat on 2/15 and a 57g rat on 2/21. anne b ate a 150g rat on 2/15 and a 104g rat on 2/21. those are the feedings between the weights. goliath will eat anything you give him and anne b got back on feeding on 1/31 plus i've been pairing her with some boys

I would watch out feeding Anne that often, i did that with my girl cause she was ALWAYS hungry and it just threw off her feeding schedule and she wouldn't eat for 3 weeks after that. So now its just a medium to large rat evey 2 weeks.

[jben]

Steve, i thought that at her size it would be better to feed smaller meals weekly?

[steveboos]

Steve, i thought that at her size it would be better to feed smaller meals weekly?

Well you have to consider that since your girl is over 2000 gram, as my girl is (2400 now), she really only needs to eat every 10-14 days. Keeping it spaced out will give her plenty of time to digest since she is so old, she really doesn't need the food for growth, just nutrition. Just a suggestion .

[seeya205]

Babies gain weight quick but adults don't! You must be giving some good meals!

[jben]

Well you have to consider that since your girl is over 2000 gram, as my girl is (2400 now), she really only needs to eat every 10-14 days. Keeping it spaced out will give her plenty of time to digest since she is so old, she really doesn't need the food for growth, just nutrition. Just a suggestion .

Thanks Steve, I'll definitely start doing my research. You do make a good point and i only want whats best for my bp's so i'll take this into consideration.

[steveboos]

Thanks Steve, I'll definitely start doing my research. You do make a good point and i only want whats best for my bp's so i'll take this into consideration.

Your doing everything fine and i see no problems with anything your doing, seems like you've done your research already. I just made the same mistake until i realized, even if they WILL eat, doesn't mean they should when it comes to adult ball pythons.

[jben]

thanks, i'm going to feel bad feeding the others and not her when she's on a bi-week.