Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
To weigh a snake, you cannot expect them to sit on a scale. You put them in a container of some kind that they cannot get out of, & weigh them IN that, then weigh the container ALONE and SUBTRACT that weight from the first weight you got of the snake in the container. That will be the weight of the snake. Maybe you're not feeding him enough...
Maybe.. Or maybe not.. What i can say is long before (when he was really underweight) he'd get full with 1 hopper mouse and wouldn't accept the second, then he would get full with 2, but his latest behaviour suggests he just wants more. I doubt he will accept his food tomorrow, but i will try and see if he will. When i took him from the shop he looked weak and very thin, but after i got to take care of him he gained weight quickly, to the point where his spine wasn't sharply visible anymore. It just looks like after getting to that point he isn't doing much progress anymore, and keeps looking more like a "sausage" than a "salami" shaped BP. I'm scared to overfeed him with 3 hoppers though, so what should i do? I want to switch him to rats when the hoppers will finish, but for now im trying to feed him the right quantity. He's about 7-8 months old, if that info helps. Rn i worry mostly bout making him feel secure, so he can keep eating well. He just keeps trying to escape, resting for some time, trying to escape and so on.