Quote Originally Posted by Bundu Boy View Post
Hey All
Some may say that they want their females breeding by their second winter, this may be when the females are 18 months old, to do this weight gain would need to be around 100g per month(if you breed at 1800g). That is quite a lot, too much imo.

Some may want their females breeding by their 3rd winter (30 months), so weight gain to 1800g would be around 60g per month. This I feel is healthier for the animal.
It has been my experience (if somewhat limited) that each snake grows at it's own pace. And not necesarily (however illogical this sounds) based on how much you feed it. A fellow friend followed the rule of offering untill the BP decided tu ignore the meal placed before him. His bp aprox. doubled his weigh every month for the first 6 months or so, and then it's growth slowed down, to about 30-50 grams a month.

I have to agree with you folks, after growth has slowed (perhaps 18-24months and not 3 years) we need to be more carefull about overfeeding.