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    73 Grams?

    is 73 grams an OK weight for a 6-8 week old baby male royal?

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    Yes, that's fine.

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    Yea there have been hatchlings as small as like 25grams so thats an ok weight imo. It was probably just a small hatchling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SRMD94 View Post
    is 73 grams an OK weight for a 6-8 week old baby male royal?

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    Not really a bad weight.depends on what he weighed when he was born. I just hatched 2 that were 76g out the egg. But some hatch at 50g. Just rememver it may take a few weeks before they even begin to eat. Yours may have only had 1 meal yet, which is perfectly ok. As long as hes eating youll start to see him pick up weight soon

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    The average hatchling is 55/70 grams so either your BP was a very small runt in the 30/40 grams or it is younger and was not started or barely.

    Do you have any record (hatching, feeding)?

    The problem is with an animal that size and obviously not well established is that it might be very hard for you to get him to eat.

    My guess it was a small CH that might have a meal maybe two and that was it, not the best thing to get started in this hobby which is why it is so important to get an established animal from a good breeder.
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    Re: 73 Grams?

    Quote Originally Posted by Deborah View Post
    The average hatchling is 55/70 grams so either your BP was a very small runt in the 30/40 grams or it is younger and was not started or barely.

    Do you have any record (hatching, feeding)?

    The problem is with an animal that size and obviously not well established is that it might be very hard for you to get him to eat.

    My guess it was a small CH that might have a meal maybe two and that was it, not the best thing to get started in this hobby which is why it is so important to get an established animal from a good breeder.
    didnt get a record no but ive actually just attempted to feed him for the first time and he took it straight away! so im quite pleased with that

    just a question how long should i wait to go up on his food? hes on small hairy mice at the moment, the snake seems very healthy and hes very friendly since ive had him which is 1week he has nevery acted agressive towards me and last night he had a perfect shed also

    Also the snake was Captive Bred, i was able to choose from many babys
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    I'd say that is in the normal range. Especially if he was a small baby.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SRMD94 View Post
    didnt get a record no but ive actually just attempted to feed him for the first time and he took it straight away! so im quite pleased with that

    just a question how long should i wait to go up on his food? hes on small hairy mice at the moment, the snake seems very healthy and hes very friendly since ive had him which is 1week he has nevery acted agressive towards me and last night he had a perfect shed also
    Just keep using food thats the same width of his body.

    And just a heads up, babies can be a little nippy when they first learn to eat. Just understand its not an aggression thing, its more a defensive thing and can also be that they havent learned how to distinguish between the heat signature of you and that of its food.

    They grow out of it with handling.
    Just gotta have the balls to pick him up untill then

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    Quote Originally Posted by SRMD94 View Post
    didnt get a record no but ive actually just attempted to feed him for the first time and he took it straight away! so im quite pleased with that

    just a question how long should i wait to go up on his food? hes on small hairy mice at the moment, the snake seems very healthy and hes very friendly since ive had him which is 1week he has nevery acted agressive towards me and last night he had a perfect shed also
    Just keep using food thats the same width of his body.

    And just a heads up, babies can be a little nippy when they first learn to eat. Just understand its not an aggression thing, its more a defensive thing and can also be that they havent learned ho

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    Re: 73 Grams?

    Quote Originally Posted by Izzys Keeper View Post
    Just keep using food thats the same width of his body.

    And just a heads up, babies can be a little nippy when they first learn to eat. Just understand its not an aggression thing, its more a defensive thing and can also be that they havent learned how to distinguish between the heat signature of you and that of its food.

    They grow out of it with handling.
    Just gotta have the balls to pick him up untill then
    yeah i understand everything to do with that but thanks for the advice, before i got a snake i done tons of research haha he seems very nice though he just chills in my hand hardly ever goes into a ball or the striking potion, and also ive heard that a hamster bite is worse than a snakes bit lol

    ive also decided to keep my own record of the snake:
    http://gyazo.com/4eb88cd2ae9b8e189a6c06cb90b17feb
    Last edited by SRMD; 06-13-2012 at 11:20 AM.
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