Would you purchase an 800 gram 08 female?

[Tzeentch]

What's with everyone trying to power feed a snake just to get it up to breeding weight. Seems wrong.

My ~Nov 2008 male is only 290 grams. He eats once a week and is nice and healthy.

[PurplePython]

What's with everyone trying to power feed a snake just to get it up to breeding weight. Seems wrong.

My ~Nov 2008 male is only 290 grams. He eats once a week and is nice and healthy.

Please show me where someone told this guy to powerfeed?

[x10thkid]

What are you feeding the 08 male and how often?

[J.Vandegrift]

What's with everyone trying to power feed a snake just to get it up to breeding weight. Seems wrong.

My ~Nov 2008 male is only 290 grams. He eats once a week and is nice and healthy.

I agree that most people probably overfeed their snakes, but if your snake hatched in Nov 08 and is only 290g you are underfeeding it.

[PurplePython]

Yeah I was going to say the same thing....

How is a November 2008 snake less than 300 grams? lol

Do you feed it a pinky every 21 days or something?

[Tzeentch]

Please show me where someone told this guy to powerfeed?

Not directly. I was going off of this:

"You can feed her well and she'll pack on the weight." Well yeah, feed a snake and they gain weight. Feed them "well" to pack on more weight?

And:

"My Male Pastel is a late 2009 and he weighs like 260 grams already. At this pace, my male will be bigger than that female in a shorter time."


My Nov 2009 Male Pastel is about 230.

Both my snakes eat mice and sometimes rat pups. They eat every 7 days.

[XSReptiles]

Thanks to all that replied. I missed out on her but the seller had a 1,100 gram girl I picked up. Should get her tomorrow.

Xavier

[don15681]

What's with everyone trying to power feed a snake just to get it up to breeding weight. Seems wrong.

My ~Nov 2008 male is only 290 grams. He eats once a week and is nice and healthy.

explain power feeding to me. is this something that you have experience with or something that you read.

[PurplePython]

Not directly. I was going off of this:

"You can feed her well and she'll pack on the weight." Well yeah, feed a snake and they gain weight. Feed them "well" to pack on more weight?

And:

"My Male Pastel is a late 2009 and he weighs like 260 grams already. At this pace, my male will be bigger than that female in a shorter time."


My Nov 2009 Male Pastel is about 230.

Both my snakes eat mice and sometimes rat pups. They eat every 7 days.

lol so wait up.... We both have pastels that are the same exact age, and I am powerfeeding mine because mine is 30 grams heavier than yours? Is that what you are trying to say?

I feed my snake once every 5 days, 10-15% of his body weight. I weigh out every mouse I feed him to make sure its the right size.

[blackcrystal22]

What's with everyone trying to power feed a snake just to get it up to breeding weight. Seems wrong.

My ~Nov 2008 male is only 290 grams. He eats once a week and is nice and healthy.

Alright, I'm the queen of slow feeding but that just sounds off.
800 grams for an '08 is fine for me. I'm in no rush to breed and I feed steadily and often less than most people do..
However. 290 grams is a definite red flag.. I think you should get a parasite smear on that one or up the food size. That growth rate is very slow, and mind, I am ok with healthy slow growth rates.