Hello everyone. A few months ago I bough my first snake, this amazing spider named Monty. I found him on craigslist from someone who, in my opinion, didn't seem to be taking great care of him. She said she got him from her cousin who's a breeding and she kept him in a 12"x12" tall lizard cage with no uth and who knows what type of wood chips for bedding. But I did my research and he seemed pretty healthy and had a great personality. The only thing I could notice was that he seemed a bit under fed for his age, 1.5-2 yrs. He was skinny and she said she was feeding him one live mouse ever other week. I knew the risks and didn't think I could trust everything she was telling me, but after seeing his pattern and personality I knew I had to have him.

She told me he was due for a feeding and since he seemed underfed I tried feeding him the first night and he took it no problem. I was so happy. Over the next couple days I started to notice a few mites on him but not many. I was sad and a bit nervous but I knew what to do and after one treatment he was completely cured and has had no problems since.

Shortly after getting him I moved him to a larger cage, got him some proper hides, a uth, regulator and hygrometer and he's loving it!

I've had him for 5 months now and he's grown a little bit. For the first few months I was feeding him 1 live mouse every week and a half. But since December I switched him over to frozen thawed rat hoppers once a week. He has never given me problems feeing and since switching him over I have noticed him putting on more weight than before which is good. When I weighted him in December he was only at 330g. I need to weight him again soon to see how he's growing. But I know he has put on some weight since Dec. and is around 26"-28" long.

I would like to know what you experienced snake owners think. Am I doing alright with my feeding schedule and size? based on his size and weight do you think he could really be 2yrs old? Thanks for reading.

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