Average weight of 8 month old female??

[itskrystle]

I have an 8 month old female pastel that weighs approximately 222g. Is this a normal weight or am I under feeding her? I've seen others that aren't much older than she is that weigh much more. I'm not sure if those owners are trying to beef up their females to breed sooner or if I'm just not feeding enough. She is an aggressive eater so that's not the problem. I just want to make sure her weight is on target. Thanks for your help.

[coldbloodaddict]

That's a little small...What & size are You feeding her?

[itskrystle]

She's been getting one small or medium mouse every 7 days. Last week she ate a small rat because that's all LLL had when I went in to get feeders. She ate the rat no problem, she was just a little slower about getting it down than she is the mice.

[coldbloodaddict]

I would feed the 1 rat a week instead of the mice.

[mdjudson]

I have got 2 10 month old females at around 600+ so yeah its a little small. I would do a small rat every 5 days.

[itskrystle]

OK. I can do that. Thanks for your help. I think I was feeding mice because someone told me that they had more nutrients than the rats, is this true?

[Elise.m]

Most people say rats have more nutrients than mice. But there is nothing to really back it up other than here-say.

[Teresa]

Found this info on rodent pro:
Pro% Fat Ash Gross engery

55.8 23.6 11.8 5.25 Adult Mouse

56.1 27.5 14.8 5.55 Juvie Rat

Hope this helps. I feed a rat pup avg weight of 10% of the body weight of my snake or a little more 1 per snake a week.

[Punkymom]

My snake is 6 months old and he's a boy, but I just weighed him today and he's 344 grams. I feed rat pups.

[cllong23]

I am no pro but I have been told rats are better for them. My girl is 5 months and about 230g, She gets a 27g rat pup every 5 days. As soon as I run out of those I am switching to weaned rats.

Good luck!