Is it important to weigh a snake?

[rlditmars]

to me weight is more important than anything else.

I agree with this whole eartedly. Imagine your looking for a particular female and someone is selling the exact morph you've been looking for. It is a 2011 Blah Blah so being 3 years old it should be ready to breed. But when you recieve it you find you have a three year old snake that weighs 900 grams. Either the snake is sickly or its a finicky eater or it has been malnourished/neglected, etc.. Regardless of why, the weight is the indicator that tells you something is amiss. The same is true for animals in your possession. Especially when they go off feed which they will. It isn't a matter of if, it's a matter of when. Weight is the way you know how they are faring through the period in which they are off feed. Hope that helps.