Why is he so small?

[200xth]

I am feeding him 20-30 gram weaned ASF. I feed every 5 days.


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You're feeding a 100g snake a 20g to 30g weaned ASF every 5 days and he's not growing quickly?

[gameonpython]

You're feeding a 100g snake a 20g to 30g weaned ASF every 5 days and he's not growing?

Oh he's definitely growing! He's gained about 40 grams in the past two weeks. He just seems so little for his age.


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[200xth]

Oh he's definitely growing! He's gained about 40 grams in the past two weeks. He just seems so little for his age.

So for 2.5 months, he went from 50 to 60 and then in the last two weeks he went from 60 to 100?

It doesn't really matter. I was just trying to put this together in my head. Whether he's small or not at the moment isn't really important in the end. If you keep feeding him like you are now, he'll catch up quickly on weight.

[gameonpython]

Sorry for any confusion, here's a pic of his weight times:
I got him in December, when he was about 50 grams, these weights start from January.


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[200xth]

Sorry for any confusion, here's a pic of his weight times: I got him in December, when he was about 50 grams, these weights start from January.

Gotcha. Thanks.

That looks pretty normal. He'll keep growing quickly with that feeding schedule you have him on now.

[gameonpython]

Gotcha. Thanks.

That looks pretty normal. He'll keep growing quickly with that feeding schedule you have him on now.

Sounds good.


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[aLittleLessButter]

Rat pinkies and fuzzies should be plenty small enough.

[MarkS]

Rat pinkies and fuzzies should be plenty small enough.

I wouldn't feed anything that small to anything but a very small hatchling. Anything around 100g should be able to take sub-adult mice or small rat pups.

[aLittleLessButter]

I wouldn't feed anything that small to anything but a very small hatchling. Anything around 100g should be able to take sub-adult mice or small rat pups.

i agree but the OP said they can't feed rats because rat pups are too large

[aLittleLessButter]

Her snake should be able to eat a rat pup but owner thinks they are too big