How big do male Ball Pythons get?
I was under the impression that a male BP would get around 3 1/2 or 4 feet (with the few exceptions that are smaller or larger), but another BP owner insists that it will be 5 feet. Anyone who's had BP's for awhile-- How big did your males get?
Re: How big do male Ball Pythons get?
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Arcapello
I was under the impression that a male BP would get around 3 1/2 or 4 feet (with the few exceptions that are smaller or larger), but another BP owner insists that it will be 5 feet. Anyone who's had BP's for awhile-- How big did your males get?
Yeah, that's kind of like insisting that most boys will grow up to be 6 feet tall. Some will, anyway. :)
It's a lot easier to get quick accurate weights on living snakes than it is to measure their lengths. I've got a 1983 male ball python which ends each feeding season around 4000 grams and measured approx. 63 inches back in 2003 when he weighed less than 3500 grams. Who knows how big the males might get since most breeders put their energy into growing up females.