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RE: Hey Geckoejon...

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Posted by: DISCERN at Thu Jul 25 20:45:05 2013   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DISCERN ]  
   

" it is not that fact that she doesn't eat. it is the fact that it's always a week to 2 weeks apart, which is not often enough to gain any weight."

She should be growing just fine on once a week or every 5 days, if she was consistently eating. Is her weight really that low? If so, I wonder if there are other issues internally?

If she is actually only eating once a week, and doing that consistently, then that would not worry me in the slightest bit. I have had many snakes get to breeding size in a few years with that feeding regimen, including my het-albino western hog male.

Now, you said she is a late 2012? Does that mean she was a second clutch baby? If so, I have known instances where second clutch babies do not grow as fast or do as well, including my experiences. However, even with that being said, I think there are many instances where second clutch babies do very well as well, but I for now, will always avoid buying those. So, if she is, that may be something to think about to??

Also, some snakes just simply take a few more years to get to size to breed. Nothing can really explain it, but it can and does happen.



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