Quote Originally Posted by Patrick Long View Post
Simmer down, simmer down.

Snakes do GROW....its a odd concept, I know. Youll grasp it soon enough. 112 vs 206.......80 gram growth.....not THAT unreasonable
Well I wasn't upset at all but I am getting confused. Animals do not spontaneously produce weight. They convert food and drink into body mass. 80 grams of growth is not unreasonable, whats unreasonable is to think that an animal will gain mass without mass being added. So help me out with this people.

1.) If the snake was 660 grams on 12/26/2008 and 966 on 1/20/2009 then the snake gained 306 grams in 25 days correct?

2.) That same snake was fed 56grams of rat every 5 days. Assuming the snake was fed on 12/27/08, 01/01/09, 01/06/09, 01/11/09 and 01/16/09 then the snake was fed 5 times 56 grams for a total of 280 grams.

3.) The snakes current weight has to be the result of 26 grams plus the total eight of feces and urates from 01/06/09 in water, correct?

To be honest those numbers seam a bit off but possible. But I do have a question.

4.) How does a snake that weighed 760 grams on 01/14/09 gain 206 grams to end up at 966 on 01/20/09 if it only ate a single 56 gram rat?

Please do not say it grew. That's not how growth works.