Worried my baby is undersized!

[Olive.99]

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• Olive.99
• Oct 10, 2017

Nagini at 6 months old

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• Olive.99
• Oct 10, 2017

Nagini at 6 months verses 1 year

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• Olive.99
• Oct 10, 2017

Nagini now at 2 years 7 months

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• Olive.99
• Oct 10, 2017

Nagini now at 2 years 7 months

Hi there! I'm the proud mum of a coastal carpet python, the breeder I bought her from said she was 6 months when I bought her, making her 2 years and 7 months now. She was very small when I got her, and she doesn't seem to be as big as other coastals her age! Currently feeding her a large fully grown mouse a week. Is she small for her age? Should I be feeding her bigger food? I've attached photos of her when I first got her at "6 months" as well as how big she is now. Please help, I'm worried!

 

[Prof_Moreliarty]

at that age she should be on medium to large rats really.

cant see the photo's either

 

[pinefamily]

I can't see the photos for some reason, but a larger food size is better, gradually stretching the feeding to every 10 days.

 

[kittycat17]

My 10 mth old hatchies are feeding happily on weaner rats so definitely on to small a prey size

As long as she’s still pooing, feeding and active I wouldn’t be worried about her being small, she’s actually probably more true to size of a wild python her age


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[MANNING]

I can't see the photos for some reason...

At a guess, the reason for no pictures is admin hasn't approved the profile. olive.99 has only posted a couple messages?

 

[Scutellatus]

At a guess, the reason for no pictures is admin hasn't approved the profile. olive.99 has only posted a couple messages?

If the account hasn't been approved, the person wouldn't be able to post at all.

 

[Rob]

At a guess, the reason for no pictures is admin hasn't approved the profile. olive.99 has only posted a couple messages?

There aren't any such restrictions in place to my knowledge, though I can see the pics just fine. I have brought this thread to the attention of @Stuart anyhow to see if he can sort it.

 

[Yellowtail]

Says I don't have permission to view media in this album?

 

[Fall guys]

OP needs to use imgbb and upload the picture and get the bbcode embed link to post them all, the inbuilt forum upload sucks imo (no offence)

 

[Pauls_Pythons]

Agree with others on here the food size needs to be upsized.
Its something that happens often but is it really a problem?
In the wild animals will grow at a far slower rate due to the availability of food, (or lack of). I don't think any wild snake would turn down a feed of a mouse because it was considered too small.
Animals do seem to develop quicker when fed rats against mice, probably due to the bone density & muscle content of the prey so even feeding multiple mice would probably not be as efficient as feeding an appropriate sized rat.

(I also can't open the pics)

 

[Stuart]

@Olive.99 , you need to make your album for these images public in order for the other members to see them.

Done for you now

 

[Ashleyyedwards7]

I can see the pictures fine It might not be comparable but I have a 1yr 5mth old Bredli carpet that is about 140 cm long and a bit thinner than yours. She is eating hopper rats once a week. I can't say whether your girl is a healthy size or not for sure however her spine doesn't appear to be protruding unhealthily.

 

[Pauls_Pythons]

Yes she is a bit small compared to other captive kept animals of similar species and age.
Might be better to start putting her on rats.

 

[MANNING]

If the account hasn't been approved, the person wouldn't be able to post at all.

I did mean permission to post pictures. On another forum I use to post pictures you need to have posted 10 written messages and then be approved. It was only a thought but more than happy to be corrected

There aren't any such restrictions in place to my knowledge, though I can see the pics just fine...

Thanks Rob
Sorry for the hijack