Quote Originally Posted by Smoked Oyster View Post
Several supposed experts told me to think of her as a hollow tube, and to feed the biggest rat that would fit in that tube, so, a rat that is slightly smaller in diameter than the snake. The rats that fit that bill ended up being about 225g each.

I weigh her between feedings, not right after or right before feedings. At her peak she "felt" big, as in, it was noticeable just holding her that she was heavier. Some of the weight at the peak may have been due to retained poop. She shed shortly afterwards, and with the shed came a massive poop. So, I am pretty well convinced that the "experts" who told me to feed slightly smaller diameter rats were wrong. I'm going to stick with the 90-100g rats, every 1-2 weeks

I think the idea to weigh frequently and chart it is great. I will definitely do that and try to keep her right around 2000g which is where she seems healthiest for some reason!

And to clarify, I have 1 female pastel 6 year old, non breeder, pure pet, currently at around 2000g, and no intentions to get anything else. She's the one.
out of curiosity what information were you relying on previously? if I'm not mistaken you had a very similar question not too long ago and were given much the same advice as above. you chose to go in a different direction, and that's entirely your call, but it seems that your current experience contradicts the 'experts' and reinforced the general consensus on this website.