First how do I post a pic??????
second, he's going to be a year old in july, he's a little over three feet long now and eating fuzzies, when will he get any bigger around? will he always be this thin? he's coming along nicely my vet placed him on a diet of two fuzzies every three and a half days, he's on a good schedule so far. he sheds in complete pieces which I am told is a sign of good health. He has a health appetite, has never ever hissed, struck or gotten cranky with me or anyone else. I love my baby, it took me a LONG time to finally get one, I wanted to wait until I was stable and sure I would be able to provide for him for the rest of his life before I bought one. He's currently in a ten gallon tank, lots of things to hide in and on reptile carpet because I don't like using wood or any other sort of substrate. It's horribly messy and I've heard entirely to much about respirtory infections to trust it. Ok I've talked enough, so when can I expect him to start beefing up? I will not ever power feed to get a larger snake, even though I've had so many people suggest that to me. I think it's wrong to put to much weight on them to quickly but I thought ok eventually you're body gonna have to catch up isnt it?
I will try to remeber all of them. He will get bigger around when he does.... He will grow at his own rate and he will thicken up with time. Most of mine tend to grow long and then grow out. After a growth spurt in length they tend to thicken up accordingly. At 3' I recomend 1 hopper twice a week. I feed mine 1 small hopper on Monday and 1 small hopper on Friday. Your vets schedule seems a little too often for me. I would move up to a 20 long which should last the rest of his life. A 30 gallon definately would. I use reptile carpet also. I used to use reptibark but it was too dusty. I'll include a pic of Hope when she was a baby and a pic froma few months ago. Her 1 year birthday (day I bought her) was about a week ago (4-20). Good luck with your snake!
