Also glad to see this. I got mine from a chain store (I know, I know!) and they had him on food that was way too small. At 6-7 months, he's only 178 grams. But he seems healthy, no visible physical issues, and I've moved him up to more reasonable food (using the middle of his body sizing method), so I'm confident he'll start growing appropriately. Still, good to see someone else say it.Originally Posted by Deborah
I will say it again people put to much importance in numbers, the most important thing is, the animal being healthy and well proportionate.
If the animal looks good I would not worry about the weight or compare weight with other keepers, everyone feeds differently, every snake grows at it's on rate, so there is a lot of variability (also depends how fast or how big the snake got started out of the egg)
Sure you can feed more but it's not necessary snakes do fine with 1 prey item a week (that is more than they would ever get in the wild)
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