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What is too much growth?
Recently, I increased the size of the meals for my young grey rat snake. It wasn't that I was unhappy with his size, but I figured that since he was nearing a year old, he could do with more food to help fuel his natural growth. I switched over to feeding 10-15% of his body weight every 6-7 days and he's definitely growing. In the last three weeks, he's gone from 100 grams to 132 grams.
I've never really monitored food intake and growth like this, so the difference was a bit surprising to me. He's slender and muscular and poops regularly, so I don't think he's holding onto anything. I wouldn't say I'm worried, but I have heard many people say that snakes who grow too quickly will end up living shorter lives. So, I thought I would ask what you guys think constitutes growing too quickly.
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