800gms. in one year? overweight or normal feeding?

[reptile_republic]

just want to ask if your ball weighting 800gms. in one year, are this possible in normal feeding or overfeeding?

[sookieball]

well my male pastel is just over 1000 grams and is a little less than a year old(11months)
and he's eaten once every friday since i got him.

granted, he is also my garbage disposal and has sometimes eaten on or two mice when my little ones wouldn't eat.

but he doesn't look fat. very healthy i think.

[pavlovk1025]

Some just grow a lot faster, I have a one year old mojave female, went from 68 grams to 1600 from August 09 to August 10. Feeding her once every 5 days on just straight ASFs.

[MitsuMike]

If you can see skin in between the scales then the snake is overweight, if not your golden.

[Freakie_frog]

800 Grams in one year isn't that big of a gain..its pretty average.. I've got 1 year old females that are 1200 grams and that's from one rat a week.. I think you're fine..

[steveboos]

Yeah no worries, my male het Pied went from 200 grams to 1000 grams in 11 months, and he never refused a meal. Some snakes just grow like crazy and some snakes don't grow fast no matter what you do.

[saber2th]

By no means are you over feeding. Thats normal, my female Mojave put on 670 grams in 8 months

[reptile_republic]

ok, thanks to all, Iam just afraid because what i have read in the internet that overfeed may shorten snake lifespan

[TessadasExotics]

have a few 08's that are under 1k grams and I have a few 09's that are pushing 1k grams. Just depends on the snake.