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Old 04-16-2017, 07:13 PM   #38
Karl_Mcknight
"Rufus" Growth Chart

Just spotted this thread so I figured I'd add my info as well, for what it's worth.

I'm not real good at making computer charts and spread sheets but I do keep Feeding, Shedding, Pooping, and Length and Weight charts by hand in a folder. So I took a few minutes to write and post:

Rufus - Male, Stripe. D.O.B. (not exactly sure. I acquired him in June of 2015, and was told at the time he was about 2 -1/2 months old. So I have assigned a birth date of April 1 2015 just for lack of knowing.

It was around the end of July that I began keeping records and weighing him on a regular basis.

7/30/15 - 43 grams, 18 1/2 inches long
9/1/15 - 61 grams, 20 inches long
11/1/15 - 84 grams, 22 inches long
12/6/15 - 107 grams, 24 inches long
1/29/16 - 127 grams, 26 inches long
2/27/16 - 148 grams, 28 inches long
3/30/16 - 171 grams, 29 1/2 inches long
5/5/16 - 204 grams, 32 inches long
6/30/16 - 229 grams, 34 inches long
8/2/16 - 255 grams, 36 inches long
9/3/16 - 275 grams, 38 inches long
10/19/16 - 296 grams, 39 inches long
11/28/16 - 318 grams, 40 1/2 inches long
12/30/16 - 339 grams, 42 inches long
1/29/17 - 359 grams, 43 1/2 inches long
2/21/17 - 370 grams, 44 inches long
3/30/17 - 391 grams, 45 inches long
4/15/17 - 401 grams, 45 1/2 inches long

* I always try to do my weighing after he poops so that I am weighing actual growth and not necessarily growth + poop.
* Feedings were always based on mice weighing 10% to 13% of the snake's weight. Up to the time he broke the
300 gram barrier, and from this point forth he gets a 30 gram mouse. (or equivalent). He was fed weekly up to
300 grams. At that time I went to a 10 day schedule and will follow that until he hits 450 grams, and after that he will be
fed every 14 days.