Hey Guys, just picked up my digital scale today and finally got some weights on my pair of Dumerils. In the red corner my male is weighing in at 1488g and in the blue corner my female is an opposing 3087g.
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Just got weights on my snakes.
Reesy
Jan 05, 2011 01:52 PM
Replies (9)
robeyeshua221
Jan 05, 2011 07:17 PM
can you post age and length of both?
Reesy
Jan 06, 2011 04:48 AM
Male is about 3.5 ft long, unknown age.
Female is about 5 ft long, again, unknown age.
robeyeshua221
Jan 06, 2011 08:37 PM
my male is about 4.5 and about 1600 grams
my female is about 5.5 and about 4300 grams
i know my male is underweight -
Reesy
Jan 07, 2011 03:31 AM
Is he eating well for you? How often are you feeding him? Can you post a pic of him.
robeyeshua221
Jan 07, 2011 10:00 PM
f/t medium rats weekly
jasonmattes
Jan 10, 2011 01:31 AM
Nice looking snake.
Is there a specific reason your weighing it in grams and not pounds?
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Jason
Reesy
Jan 10, 2011 07:56 AM
Grams are just the standard in the herp world. It also makes it easier to track weight changes, smaller increments.
robeyeshua221
Jan 11, 2011 07:57 PM
just weigh my smaller snakes that way - thats it - and thanks
Reesy
Feb 04, 2011 08:01 PM
Hey Rob, at 4.5 ft in length he should be eating large rats weekly.
