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Hello, new here :2thumb: Just rehomed a male royal python he is 3ft long and has been fed on rat weaners weekly. He is currently settling in his new home so I have not had a chance to get him out but heres a few pictures when I brought him home. I noticed there appears to be skin folds where...

Hi Guys I found a Horsefield Tortoise about 18 months ago and have looked after him ever since. Obviously with no history I have googled a lot about them and their eating habits and how to care for him, how to find out he was actually a "him" lol But his size is confusing me as he is about 8"...

Hi there all My first time in here so please go easy. I have two cresties (both female) that have been with my mother during the covid 19 crap. One of them "Rosebud" has gained a large amount of weigh over the last 4 months and Im wondering how to get her in trim, she had MBD when she was very...

Has anyone found something like a chart or guidelines for the size of mouse/rat that should be fed to a male bci according to their weight/age?

My 20-year old Horsfield's has become active after the winter but is not eating. He is 890gms with a SCL of 15.4cm. I am trying to find what he should weigh and have used Jackson and Donoghue Ratio Calculators but get wildly different results. I realise that Jackson does not apply to...

Hi Everyone, One of my ackies has gotten very big over the last few weeks. I have two and she is much thicker than my other female. I feed them dubia roaches every other day (they are both a year old). I cut back on the amount of roaches I give her, but she always eats like shes starving so I...

My first post here so I hope I'm doing it right I recently acquired my first female hognose ready for my first breeding project I'll be starting next year. She is currently 3-4 years old. I've heard female hognoses need to be around 300 grams to breed but my issue is she is almost double this...

hey all! i wasn't sure whether to post this in newbie advice or snakes, but this is my first snake, so.. i guess it's technically newbie advice? anyway, i purchased a western hognose on friday, and i've noticed that while most of his body is nice and bread shaped like it's supposed to be, right...

Hello! I'm new here, and I just got my snake(California Kingsnake) a few months ago. She is young, and I would like to start weighing her! What sort of scale should I use? I was thinking one of those kitchen scales would work because they measure so accurately, but most of them are pretty small...

Here's some pics https://imgur.com/a/2EP1U He's about 4 1/2 years old, and we are a bit worried about how thin he is, he's eating fine, not had any regurgitation's and is shedding normally, we're giving him a large mouse about every 10 days, although we've tried upping that to once a week as he...

Hi, I have a 7 month old ball python (we have been told he is male from the breeder, but i do not know if this has been confirmed or not) who is currently 288 grams in weight. I know that there is no definitive exact number weight that he should be, just like how each human has a different...

Hi everyone! Can anyone tell me what's the average size/weight for a 6 month old male Albino Burm? Thanks :)

I have a 5 year old male bearded dragon and I'm a bit worried for his weight. He weighs 295g and is 17" from head to tail. Please can someone tell me if he's under weight or the correct weight for a bearded dragon of his age. If he is under weight could you please tell me how much he should...

Hi guys im looking to buy some sort of scale for weighing my corns that I have just now, mainly so I can start following a feeding chart. I would be recording this in grams so a scale that can measure that would be my best bet, but I would like to know what other guys do/use to weigh their...

Hello reptileforum! First off let me introduce myself. I am a current third year veterinary student at the Royal Dick school for Veterinary studies located In Edinburgh Scotland, and I have a research project to do! Why does this concern you? Because I want you (actually your snakes) to be a...

Hi, I'm new to the forum and I've had a beardie for about six weeks now. He's about 9/10 months old as we were told. I'm concerned that he appears to have lost weight and is maybe too skinny. He is 17 inches in length (1 inch bigger than when I got him) but seems to look quite thin when he...

hello everyone. hope you all had a great christmas :) im hoping some of you kind people can help me without biting my head off. i have a female purple passion female sitting at 1.3kg i have a male waiting for her but im concerned she might be a little on the small side. ive seen people say they...

Hi All, Really worried about my albino I've just purchased. Bought her from a spare bedroom breeder! Lol. Very nice couple. Snake had obviously eaten very recently proved by large lump in body but she hasn't eaten since. She's just turned three months old and weighs 67 grams. Not sure how 'bad'...

What would be the average weight for a 17 month old snake (1 yr and 5 months) and of a length of roughly 90cm/35.5" be? (Male corn)

I just weighed my female boa, she's 14.7kg/32.4lb (weighed myself and then weighed myself holding mama boa) Is this overweight for a boa?