Weight

[Bogertophis]

I just don’t understand this fascination some folks have with constantly weighing their snakes. How is that information useful? What difference does it make if my snake is 1500g or 1800g as long as it’s healthy? I can understand it if a breeder needs a female to be a certain size before pairing her, but other than that I just don’t get it. Somebody make it make sense please. ��

I only weigh any of my snakes if it's needed to calculate a dose of medication, which happily that hasn't been for "ages"!

EL-Ziggy, I'm with you- I don't understand the routine snake-weight obsession either. I don't weigh their food either. Shocking, I know....

But with feeders, I know from experience what size prey to feed- many of our readers do not, so that's probably the best way they can know for sure.