Worried about BP weight

[Renigaed]

Hey guys, I'm new here!
I wanted to ask some fellow BP owners a question.

I brought home a "5 month old" BP back in February. When I brought him home, I looked it up because he was very small. He was 80g when I got him, which is about the weight of a 2 month old. Now he's 215 grams. I feed him every Tuesday and he's never refused a meal, but I still feel like he's too small. He's healthy, he's plump, and very friendly, so I don't think anything is wrong.

But I would like to get some opinions on his weight. Is it normal for him so be so small?

[cletus]

It's not normal. He should weigh a lot more than that at 14 months old. What are you feeding him?

[Renigaed]

I was feeding him small fuzzy rats but just moved him up to large fuzzies.

[cletus]

Interesting. That snake should be eating larger than fuzzies. I'd bump your prey size. Start feeding rat pups and see what happens.

[Mangiapane85]

215 grams should def be on 40ish gram rat pups... sounds like the person you bought him from maybe got the hatch date wrong. Because honestly, I don't see how an 80 gram "5 month old" could be healthy or even alive for that matter. My 7 week old Mojave weighs twice that.


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[Renigaed]

All right thanks

[Yzmasmom]

Agreed. My 3 month old BEL weighs 134g with a meal in her belly.

[Renigaed]

Yeah I didn't think it was right either. I thought he must've been much younger.