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| Derek FRS |
Posted - 11/02/2013 : 02:11:53
As im new to keeping royal pythons people are going to be sick of all th questions lol right my spider is gaining some serious weight about 80 to 90grams per week on average where as my pastel is only gaining around 20 to 30grams per week fair enough he is on large wiener rats but i dont think he is big enough to move up yet and my spider is on small rats both usualy eat every friday so my question is realy is he gaining to much weight or is my pastel gaining to little weight ??
CheeRS in advance :) |
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| Derek FRS |
Posted - 11/02/2013 : 19:55:19
Honestly god i weighed last monday and he was 851grams i feed them every friday |
| herriotfan |
Posted - 11/02/2013 : 19:24:26
Snakes do have different metabolic rates, just like all living things. Some will grow bigger and faster than others. It does sound a lot in a week though....I don't envy you the clear up task if it is a brewing poo!!  |
| boomslang |
Posted - 11/02/2013 : 17:39:25
Yeah like everyone else has said,Can't see him putting on 90/100gs in a week :)
Also go by what sizes you can buy,My local shops large weaners are like adult rats :P you'll beable to tell which rats your snakes can and can't eat over time. |
| Derek FRS |
Posted - 11/02/2013 : 17:33:14
He was 936grams last night amd the pastel was 671grams and yea i usualy go by the fatest part of there body could it be something to do with metabolism or something ?? |
| chrisc |
Posted - 11/02/2013 : 17:09:49
if you feed a rat that is the same thickness as the snake's widest part that work's out pretty much the same as 10-15% if you were weighing them.
if your weighing them each week you will get a heavier weight as like you say they don't poo each week so some of that weight gain will be poo.
what is the weight of the spider? once their 1200g+ you want to feed every 10-14 day's instead of every 7 day's |
| Derek FRS |
Posted - 11/02/2013 : 13:24:44
Yea that is after he has done his deed but they dont poo every week and i dont realy weigh there food tbh as in my local reptile store the sizes could be differant from 1 week to the next |
| chrisc |
Posted - 11/02/2013 : 05:34:41
don't worry about all the question's we have all asked the same question's at some point and are happy to answer them unlike some other forum's.
are you going by the feeding 10-15% of their body weight rule?
and are you weighing the spider after it's had a poo? as where they don't poo that often some of the weight gain could be a big log it is brewing up for you |
