Is my new BP underweight?

[Giddy]

Your BPs are a year older than OP's (original post says 2 months old), so it's totally understandable that OP's weighs less.

That's not what I meant, 'my' BP's seem much underweight compared to the average.

[calmolly1]

Mine was last weighed at 6 months and she was 327g which is about right according to that chart

[jaded]

OMG! My two BP's of aprox. 14 months old are 161g and 204g. This seems much to light.

They are quite small for their age. How are you feeding them?

[Giddy]

They are quite small for their age. How are you feeding them?

Well I got them a month ago from a guy who couldn't keep them anymore do to certain circumstances. He fed them an adult mouse once every two weeks. I don't think that it was adequate. I know you should feed them more often than that. But that was out of my control.
I will feed them an adult mouse every week for now and see how they do.

[200xth]

Well I got them a month ago from a guy who couldn't keep them anymore do to certain circumstances. He fed them an adult mouse once every two weeks. I don't think that it was adequate. I know you should feed them more often than that. But that was out of my control.
I will feed them an adult mouse every week for now and see how they do.

At 161g and 204g They have already outgrown adult mice (unless you're talking about the jumbo retired breeders that are usually around 40g).

If you have some rat pups you may want to try switching them to rats. As your snakes grow (and they will grow quickly once they are fed regularly), you'll be able to increase the size of the rat rather than feed multiple mice, which keeps things a bit easier. They may not switch to rats, but most likely they will so you may want to try it.

[Giddy]

At 161g and 204g They have already outgrown adult mice (unless you're talking about the jumbo retired breeders that are usually around 40g).

If you have some rat pups you may want to try switching them to rats. As your snakes grow (and they will grow quickly once they are fed regularly), you'll be able to increase the size of the rat rather than feed multiple mice, which keeps things a bit easier. They may not switch to rats, but most likely they will so you may want to try it.

Hmmm, okay but the fact is that I bought 50 frozen adult mice recently and they got to go first. I could try to feed them two adult mice a week and see how they do?

[200xth]

Hmmm, okay but the fact is that I bought 50 frozen adult mice recently and they got to go first. I could try to feed them two adult mice a week and see how they do?

You can definitely do that. I wasn't saying not to feed the mice, just that they're getting to the point where 1 adult mouse a week may not cut it. If you need to use up a package of mice, definitely do that first.

[yl4870]

She just shed yesterday and had a fuzzy rat too. Shes been feeding nicely for me, no problems. Here is she today. I weighed her, and she is 102 grams. She hasn't pooped tho. How often do they defecate? Her last poop was on 27 OCT.




I'm not too sure, but I think her dad is a Shatter fire.