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    ~ 3 1/2 months @ 108g, is this about right?

    What's the average weight for a female BP at this age? Is there averages for different stages? If so please post.

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    that is pretty low for 3 & 1/2 months, I have 1 month olds who weigh more than that.

    There is a good bit of variation, but I think that yours is underweight.

    My 3 month old pastel female weighs 240 grams
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    my female is about the same age (9/3/11) shes at 164 grams right now
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    Re: ~ 3 1/2 months @ 108g, is this about right?

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    my female is about the same age (9/3/11) shes at 164 grams right now
    Well she ate for me on day 2 and I bought her about 6 days ago.. the store must have kept her underweight? I see a lot of opinions on feeding.. would there be any drawbacks to feeding her a fuzzy every 4-5 days instead of every 6-7? Since I've only fed her once this seems like the optimal time to get things planned out right.

    Edit: 6-7 days for feeding was just what I gathered was the average from different posts and care sheets.
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    A fuzzy is too small unless you are talking about rats. I would feed 1 hopper mouse every 4 or 5 days.
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    Re: ~ 3 1/2 months @ 108g, is this about right?

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    A fuzzy is too small unless you are talking about rats. I would feed 1 hopper mouse every 4 or 5 days.
    1 3/4 - 2" bodies with 1" tails, what would this be a fuzzy or hopper? some have fur some seem to not have as much

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    The best way to go by is weight. You should feed your snake a rodent that weighs 15% of your snakes weight.

    Hoppers weigh around 15 grams and are 1.5-2.0 inches
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    My normal is 3 1/2 months old also. I got her when she was just a couple weeks old and weighed 71g. She refused to eat the first month I had her but has been eating 15% her weight every 5-7 days since. She weighed in at 159 tonight before feeding and then ate a 23 gram mouse.

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    i feed my hatchlings small adult mice right after first shed. after about a month of eating they normally weigh 125-175 grams. i never use hoppers they are too crack headed (live) and they tend to scare ball pythons. i always go for prey that will leave a small bulge at the biggest part of the snake.
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    i feed mine adult mice and they are 6 months, go with size of the body. Food should be no bigger than the largest part of their body. thats the only rule and the advice that i was told was if they eat let them eat because you never know when they will stop eating

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