Although my male speckled died, my two females are doing fairly well, but they don't seem to be growing much. They're healthy looking, holding a fairly good weight to length ratio--but they're both under 200 grams. I know speckled's aren't a particularly small subspecies, so I was wondering if anyone else had noticed how their growth stacked up to california and florida kings? My bigger female is only like 170 grams. The smaller is 160.
I keep 'em warm (88-90 on the warm end), give 'em hides (cork scattered around the tub in 2-3 places) and feed fairly regularly; about every 5 days or so at this point. Prey animals tend to be 15% or so of body weight--it obviously varies a bit but that seems to be normal--the mice are around 20-25 grams. Vet said they're fine when I took them in after the male died.
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6.6 African House snakes
3.2 reticulated pythons
.1 corn snake
4.2 Florida Kings
1.2 speckled kings
1.2 ball pythons
0.0.1 Argentine boa
