weight gain on bredli?????

[BIGBANG]

hey guy have a question on weight gain on bredli, i feed mine to a fairly consistant diet of 15-20% by weight of snake every 14 days, but i do feed 10% every 7 days tho just works out easier with food size and they are all weighed every month, but i am concerned that my bredli are graining to much too fast, when i bought them in october last year i was told they were 18 months old so it would now make them 2 years, when i got them they weighed female weight 485gm and male 449gm now the female weighs 1350gm and male 1105gm, in the last 5 weeks the female has put on 425 gm and the male 300gm, is this too much?

 

[Tobe404]

If you are really concerned about their weight you could keep their feeds further apart and cool them over Winter. I might do this with my Jungle and MD (800g and 1025g at 14 months old).
They could be just going through a growth spurt?
How soon after you feed them does the bulge disappear/are they're back out 'hunting' for more food?
With mine the bulge is gone within 3 days or so and they're back out again (and have passed urates) by around day 5.

 

[BIGBANG]

mine are usually out within 2 days if not the next night ready for another feed and they pass arond day 5

 

[BIGBANG]

and bulge is usually gone in 2-3 days

 

[Coppersimon]

I have 2 Bredli pretty much the same age and they have put on the same sort of weight in the same sort of time. I just thought it was what Bredli did.

 

[BIGBANG]

Yeah I'm not sure whats the norm for them i've never owned them before and just wanted other opinions on their weight gain to find out if its ok , they are fast becoming large snakes I just want to make sure they are healthy, I have a juvi diamond python I was told was a yearling when I bought it and it was 110gm when I got it and 6 months later she is 330 gms being fed at the same rate.

 

[Trimeresurus]

They do grow fast. My 2 year old is 3.5kg/6ft+. Gets fed 25-35% every 2-3 weeks, went off feed both winters, cutting down on feeds now as he'll probably slow down soon.

 

[BIGBANG]

ok cool well sounds as though everything is normal then, 2 years and 3.5 kg thats a big snake, i believed mine were undersized when i got them.

 

[The_Geeza]

ok cool well sounds as though everything is normal then, 2 years and 3.5 kg thats a big snake, i believed mine were undersized when i got them.

........my just turned 2 yr old is 7ft and 5.5kg and i only feed 1 large rat a week or i large rat and a day old chick fortnightly......she just wont stop growing

 

[BIGBANG]

sounds to me either i was miss informed about age or the have been seriousl under fed their lies before getting to me, and they came from a member of this site

 

[slide]

Bredli get big and grow fast, its what they do. You are not over-feeding them. They still have HEAPS of growing to do. A better indication of growth rates is to aim for roughly 8-10 weeks between shedding and you will get a feel for how much to feed.
Do you always weigh after they have pooped to get a true weight?

 

[Marzzy]

........my just turned 2 yr old is 7ft and 5.5kg and i only feed 1 large rat a week or i large rat and a day old chick fortnightly......she just wont stop growing

It has Kankle neck ....

 

[Trimeresurus]

Yeah it looks pretty chub. But it could just be the photo, has a few rolls too, bigger snakes just get them sometimes too.

5.5kg @ 2 yo is pretty big. Are the rats like 400-500g each?

 

[The_Geeza]

Noooo I never feed x large or jumbos only normal med or large.... U can't really see much of a bump when she has been fed.... I fluctuate between weekly and fortnightly feeds but she just keeps getting longer and longer

 

[The_Geeza]

175 g rats .... Just weighed a couple .... Going to only do fortnightly now but not sure if one rat will satisfy her lol

 

[BIGBANG]

Bredli get big and grow fast, its what they do. You are not over-feeding them. They still have HEAPS of growing to do. A better indication of growth rates is to aim for roughly 8-10 weeks between shedding and you will get a feel for how much to feed.
Do you always weigh after they have pooped to get a true weight?

yeah mate weigh the night I feed them,

 

[ZackBeaven]

Man my 2 are small they are2 years old 4 1/2 foot long and weigh a bit under 700g the owner before me said he was trying to keep them small, about 6 months ago a hopper rat seemed big for them now they just took their first medium rats a couple days ago