Hi,

I am just curious what you mean about pushing a snake to a certain weight. I am very new to the hobby, and yes it is a hobby for me whether all the people on here believe me or not. Every snake I have obtained has put on 100 grams of weight a month. And all I do is feed them once a week and when they where under 700 grams I would feed them every 5 days, but smaller meals. If I was to go aggressive I hate to think how big these girls would have become if I was really trying. I have 4 2008 females that will all be over 1300 grams easily by this December.

Well, here is the deal. I take care of these snakes day to day, usually hour to hour, and they do not miss a meal. I know for a fact that there are many people that do not record keep and they sometimes only feed there snakes 1 to 2 times a month. Am I a bad guy for being on top of my snakes and keeping them on a very regimented schedule. I know I could be feeding them more because in between meals my big girls come out and roam at night. But they do not eat until it is there night to eat. Anyway, it seems like you are trying to make me feel bad for putting a lot of my energy into raising killer ball pythons. No ego here. Just a guy who loves ball pythons and is committed to taking a 5 star approach on raising them.

To summarize, no one is pushing anything. It takes a lot of effort to grow a ball python and it takes a lot of money to do it as well....Don't hate on the ones that have the resources to put the time and effort into raising there snakes properly....

Sincerely,
Bill
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