How much weight is too much weight?

[Crawly's Mom]

Okay so this may be a weird question and I might just be over cautious, however, I thought I would put a question out to you guys and see what you think. I weighed Parker just two weeks ago and was surprised to find she was over 700 grams, well, we weighed her again today and she is now 833 grams, which is 113 grams heavier than she was two weeks ago. She last ate on Tuesday. Is there such a thing as putting on too much weight too quickly? We had been feeding her twice a week, just like the babies, every 4 days and she eats every time without fail. She just seems to pack on double the weight of any of the other snakes. It seems like she turns her food straight into body weight. My little piglet. I can't see anywhere where her scales are separated or anything, which I know is a sign of an overweight snake, so am I just being a paranoid mama?

Here are some updated pictures, you guys can tell me what you think.

[The Serpent Merchant]

She looks fine to me. some of that weight might just be undigested rodent

[piedplus]

Be happy while she's eating, you never know when she might stop. I think they know best what they need, and she looks great!

[Crawly's Mom]

I guess I should mention too that I originally got her in October and she was sitting right around 100 grams. So she has put on about 700 grams in 5 months. She is about the same age as Crawly, yet she is double her weight. I may just be paranoid, I just don't want to feed her too fast and end up hurting her or making her sick.

[mangopixie]

Lol I just asked this question yesterday. Here's my thread if you want to read the answers
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...-grow-too-fast

One important thing is to only trust the weight that they are after pooping or shedding. That way you know you are only measuring body weight.

[Mike41793]

Wait until she takes a dump then get a weight. This would be most accurate. But some pack on weight differently than others . My cinny boy has put on a little over 200 grams in the almost 3 months ive had him (just for comparison)...

[LLLReptile]

I wouldn't worry too much, in another few months she may well hit "the wall" and stop feeding for a while. Most of my babies have grown like this; that growth that you're describing sounds exactly on par with my holdbacks from 2011.

As long as she has good muscle tone, holds on to you when you have her out, and feeds for you, just keep feeding her when she wants to eat!

-Jen

[notmyfault]

I think the best way to know an accurate weight is wait till after they evacuate their bowels, that way you're weighing less pent up poop. :-)

[piedplus]

I had on that grew so quickly that her head looked too small for her body. Just when I thought I should put her on a diet, she stopped eating. Now her head & body look like they belong together. Just wish she'd start eating again!

[Slim]

They all grow at different rates, but if you're feeding her evey 4 days I'm not suprised she's packing on the weight. I usually switch to feeding evey 7 days once they hit 400 grams.