Quote Originally Posted by sirchaosofgb View Post
I figured that he wasn't eating nearly enough! So he should be eating every 5 days not once a week like i was told. So i will change his weekly feed. Do you all feel that having a broken spine will contribute to slow growth? I always suspected that it would. Thank you for your help.
Some people feed once a week with no problems, but I too feed my younger/growing ones every 5 days. I believe his problem was the size of the feeder that contributed to his slow growth: hatchling BPs can take small mice from the get go (mice fuzzies are too tiny) so I think small mice are way too small even if he's a smaller guy. I would get him on larger mice or at least rat pups and go from there.

When you get your scale I do the 10-15% rule: feed a feeder that is that percentage of your BP's weight.