weight of my adult bp

[Ray]

Hi,

I have a 3 year old bp pair.Can sombody tell me what the nomale
weight is on this age??



Tanks Ray.;)

[BoidKeeper]

Male or female? Rats or mice? Good feeder, bad feeder? Alway had the right heat? There are a lot of factors to consider. It could way anywhere from under 1000g to 4000g.
Cheers,
Trevor

[Ray]

Hi Trevor,

THANKS!!
Its a male and female. And yes they are good feeders on mice.
And the temp is around 30 c under hot spot. The coolest spot is around 24 c.I hope this helps a litle more on you answers.




Thanks Ray.;)

[smeagel]

they should be feeding on rats. Rats are better for them and it will be cheaper for you since you wont have to feed them like 8 or 10 mice for one feeding.

[mykee]

That whole "mouse thing" changes my answer completely. If they were fed on rats and their husbandry was close to perfect, I would expect a male to weigh in around 2000g and a female to weigh between 2500-4000g. Now if they're mouse eaters and their husbandry was close to perfect, I would expect a male to weigh around 1000g, and a female to weigh between 1000-2000g.

[Ray]

WoW thats a big diffrents between mice and rat eaters.Can you tell me how thats possible that they grow bigger/faster on rats??

Thanks Ray,Ps mykee your site looks great.

[CamHanna]

Rats are bigger.

[smeagel]

Rats have more meat on them than mice do. A mouse is more bones than meat.

[BoidKeeper]

Can you post some pics of them? What about weighing them, can you do that?
Cheers,
Trevor

[mykee]

Contrary to what people might say, MICE SUCK. Period. That's all there is to it. I have a female ball that is going to be 3 in June that eats mice. I also have female ball(s) that are going to be 2 in June that eat rats. They all eat well, (except ones a mouse-eater) my mouse-eater is 1200g, and my female rat eaters are ALL 2000-2600g (and that's a years difference).

[Ray]

Here som picks of my B.P.In the picture ther are two B.P .But it looks like if its one snake.



http://images.ofoto.com/photos1053/7/8/11/62/62/0/62621108706_0_ALB.jpg http://images.ofoto.com/photos1053/7/8/11/62/92/0/92621108706_0_ALB.jpg



http://images.ofoto.com/photos1053/7/8/11/89/31/0/31891108706_0_ALB.jpg


cheers Ray.

[malaysianbloods]

I can't see any pics.

[Ray]

thats strange.I see them.


cheers Ray,

[Ray]

I hope ther is someone ho can tell me what the best temp is day time and night time?? Becorse they tell lot diffent things on the internet.
So i dont no what the right temp is for my B.P


Thanks guys.Ray.

[Ray]

Trevor i will try to weighing them.I'l lett you know what ther weight is.

Thanks Ray,

[Ron]

Originally posted by mykee
Contrary to what people might say, MICE SUCK. Period. That's all there is to it. I have a female ball that is going to be 3 in June that eats mice. I also have female ball(s) that are going to be 2 in June that eat rats. They all eat well, (except ones a mouse-eater) my mouse-eater is 1200g, and my female rat eaters are ALL 2000-2600g (and that's a years difference).

Not all mice eaters suck. I have a female which I acquire back in December of 2002, she was 335 grams then. She was bred last year and produced 6 perfect eggs, she was ~1850 grams before she laid the eggs. Today she is ~2600 grams and breeding again, if she didn't produce I bet she would be in the 3500 gram range. I have had her take rats in the past but very infrequently but on the other hand she hammers large mice whenever offered. So I guess economically rats are better but I would rather have a snake who eats mice all the time than one who eats rats once in a while.

[mykee]

"...but I would rather have a snake that eats mice all the time than one who eats rats once in a while."
What's the difference? I'll stick with my rat eaters.

[nita]

I suppose if she will eat 6 mice every week or one rat every month I would take the mouse eater too. :) On the other hand all my rat eaters are consistent eaters and it is my mouse eaters that go off and are picky.

[Ron]

Originally posted by mykee
What's the difference? I'll stick with my rat eaters.

Don't get me wrong I would love for all my BP's to eat rats consistently, I just don't think having a mouse eater is the end of the world.