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A weight would be really helpful with this. As with pictures it is hard to judge. It doesn't "look" tiny, for a hatchling. or a feeding or two out from hatchling. But as I said, a weight (grams) would really be the best way to judge. How old is the little one supposed to be?
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That I am not sure. My boyfriend surprised me with a new python and sadly he doesn't seem to know too much about him :/ I am planning on buying a scale to weigh all my snakes this Thursday when I go out to buy food and such so I am guessing I will just have to wait until then to figure anything out.
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Its a normal but with awesome dark coloring lol it looks a little thin try to fatten him up theres no real way to determine age I have a POG that hatched july 5th and weighs 100 grams and have a mojave who is a few months older but weighs 136 grams she was tiny when I got her but slowly has been putting weight on
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Yeah, I was thinking normal but hoping morph oh well though!I am trying to get some weight on him. Sadly the first two times I tried feeding he didn't want anything to do with the food. It seems as if the third time is a charm though because he took his food last Saturday like a champ. Do you think it would be best to have him on a 5 day feeding schedule because he is a baby and skinny or should I just keep on a 7 day schedule like my other ball python?
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Re: Small snake? Is this a normal?
Whatever is more convenient for you. With an underweight ball python, it's best to start off slow and not very frequent and work your way up to an appropriate sized meal every 5-7 days. If you want to feed with your other snake, go for it! Most people feed closer together to get their snakes to breeding weight.
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Re: Small snake? Is this a normal?
 Originally Posted by snakehobbyist
Whatever is more convenient for you. With an underweight ball python, it's best to start off slow and not very frequent and work your way up to an appropriate sized meal every 5-7 days. If you want to feed with your other snake, go for it! Most people feed closer together to get their snakes to breeding weight.
Most feed closer then 5-7 days for snakes to get to breeding weight? or they feed closer to 5 days rather then 7 to get to a breeding weight? Sorry I just got kinda confused by what you meant.
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Just looks younger than the spider to me. They hatch
smaller than that.
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Re: Small snake? Is this a normal?
 Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle
Just looks younger than the spider to me. They hatch
smaller than that.
Really? Well I guess you learn something new everyday! About how small is a ball python straight out of the egg?
Well even if she is underweight like some have said or is just a younger ball python she is eating now so I suppose she will only be getting bigger from here!
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 Originally Posted by ididnessie
Most feed closer then 5-7 days for snakes to get to breeding weight? or they feed closer to 5 days rather then 7 to get to a breeding weight? Sorry I just got kinda confused by what you meant.
What they meant was feeding smaller meals more frequently puts on weight faster. Feeding very small babies meals slightly smaller than their girth on an every 4-5 day schedule, and then moving up to a 5-7 day schedule once they are a few hundred grams or more is a great way to get the size on them that most of us want in the first year. Without them getting too fat looking because the meals are small.
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