Is this an accurate age/weight for my bp

[mihosayuri]

I got a bumblebee morph hatchling from a reptile convention about two weeks ago. I spoke to the breeder who told me she was probably hatched around late May/early June. She was 77 grams when I got her (July 1st) and I was told she was eating one pinky every week, but switched her over to small hoppers and she's now at 114 grams (she hasn't pooped yet though, which is slightly concerning bc she ate Tuesday and last time she did within two days)

I'm wondering if she was so small because she'd only been eating pinkies or if perhaps the breeder wasn't correct in saying she was two months old already. She was so tiny when I got her that the idea that she was any older than a few weeks is odd to me, but I could just be overthinking it. Thoughts?

[redshepherd]

Possibly true that she was eating pinkies, since many breeders try to keep their hatchlings on a maintenance feeding schedule (aka underfeeding them just enough that they don't grow/grow very slowly).

That's actually not bad for being born only in May/June though. There are some bp's that are kept on maintenance feeding for a year, and they are only 200g or something at a year old.

[Sunnieskys]

Put her on hoppers for a couple weeks to a month and then adult mice. She needs some good ole big foods lol. She is healthy but from what I hear most hatchlings start in hoppers/mice.

[LivingDeadGirl]

From what I can tell, it sounds about right. I just got my first bp and she's approximately 2 months old and she only weighs about 64 grams. I got her from petsmart and they had been feeding, or rather offering her (because she refused the f/t) one pinky a week.


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[Sunnieskys]

From what I can tell, it sounds about right. I just got my first bp and she's approximately 2 months old and she only weighs about 64 grams. I got her from petsmart and they had been feeding, or rather offering her (because she refused the f/t) one pinky a week.


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i work at Petco and they are wrong with the pinky. I'm beginning to hate box stores lol. Move her to hoppers for two/ three weeks. Or hoppers twice a week. Move her to adult mice soon after.

[LivingDeadGirl]

i work at Petco and they are wrong with the pinky. I'm beginning to hate box stores lol. Move her to hoppers for two/ three weeks. Or hoppers twice a week. Move her to adult mice soon after.

I've had her for almost 3 weeks now and I made my way to hoppers with her. Next week I'm going to try and see if she'll take an adult mouse, which I already have here at home in the meantime.


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