So I have a female Pastel Lesser (not that the morphs have anything to do with this question) that was hatched in August of 2016, I bought her in January of 2017. She ate fairly well most of her youth on appropriate sized rats (1 a week), but I was tracking her weight and she sort of plateaued around 500g in roughly May of 2017. I figured she could handle some "power feeding" if not done aggressively, so I started feeding an appropriate sized rat every 4 days. I stopped tracking weight because I knew she was doing fine with growth.

So here's what I got curious about, she suddenly went on a feeding stop in October of 2017 (not due to husbandry, I'm on point with that), but that was quickly remedied by feeding live as opposed to her typical f/t. I also went back to weekly and checking her weight regularly. She shot up to 1200g from 500g from May to October...She's now around 1400g. She is not showing any signs of obesity in her shape, she's just a big girl.

Is this just a big girl, or is this fairly common? I've seen 2 year old females looking healthy around 1000g, so why would mine be about twice that? She seldom ever refuses a meal, sure, and I spent a few months feeding extra because she seemed to want it, but is this somewhat exceptional? I expect at this rate she might get to 5000g+, but am I foolish to expect this growth rate to continue?

I also just bought a male (pastel lesser pinstripe 50% poss het clown) and plan to feed him in the same manner tracking weight as I go to see if perhaps he needs more to continue growth at a decent rate. Is there anything wrong with feeding more often if they are plateauing in growth?

I'd appreciate some input just to know how normal or rare this type of growth is.