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What a surprise
Well after several weeks of trying to breed my large 5'-2" (female) BP...with no witnessed locks, I decided to double check her sex. I was always somewhat suspicious of her sex as "she" has a longer tail and quite large spurs for a girl. I have tried popping her in the past with no visible hemipenes (So I figured with the large size and lack of penes...it's a girl). Anyway...last night I tried popping her yet again, to find what seemed to be very large sperm plugs. Still somewhat in doubt as to what I was seeing, I decided to give one more effort with popping her...sure enough, out comes a pene! This would explain the lack of interest between her and my male pastel! What a shocker!
Does anyone else have a male this size? It seems unusually large to me!?  
-Jordan
Balls
0.1 Pinstripe.............................1.0 DH Lavender Snow
0.2 PH Lavender Albino.............0.1 Bumblebee
0.1 Pastel PH Ghost..................1.0 Pastel Het Ghost
0.2 PH Ghost (Twins)................1.0 Cinnamon
0.1 Het TSK Axanthic................1.3 Mojave
0.1 Het Albino..........................1.0 Albino PH Pied
1.1 Het Pied.............................1.0 Dinker
1.2 Normal...............................1.0 Pastel Lesser
Boa
0.1 Super Salmon Het Sunglow
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Re: What a surprise
There is nothing preventing a male from getting as large or larger than females. The reason we see smaller males more often is because they can breed at a younger age. Their metabolism slows down a little bit more as they grow older but they still can get up into the 2,000-3,000g range.
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Re: What a surprise
Alright...I was just always under the impression that females tend to grow larger than males (from my readings anyway). This obviously proves that theory wrong and I guess there are exceptions to just about every rule.
-Jordan
Balls
0.1 Pinstripe.............................1.0 DH Lavender Snow
0.2 PH Lavender Albino.............0.1 Bumblebee
0.1 Pastel PH Ghost..................1.0 Pastel Het Ghost
0.2 PH Ghost (Twins)................1.0 Cinnamon
0.1 Het TSK Axanthic................1.3 Mojave
0.1 Het Albino..........................1.0 Albino PH Pied
1.1 Het Pied.............................1.0 Dinker
1.2 Normal...............................1.0 Pastel Lesser
Boa
0.1 Super Salmon Het Sunglow
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Re: What a surprise
I've never seen a 5ft ball python, let alone a male.
Are you SURE you are measuring it correctly? Take a picture of it with a ruler and use the online snake measuring tool to calculate it's size.
How much does it weigh?
Females do grow larger than males on average.
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Re: What a surprise
 Originally Posted by blackcrystal22
I've never seen a 5ft ball python, let alone a male.
Are you SURE you are measuring it correctly? Take a picture of it with a ruler and use the online snake measuring tool to calculate it's size.
How much does it weigh?
Females do grow larger than males on average.
I am possitive he is 5'-2". I measured him 3 times while he was slithering along a wall on the floor. This kept him very straight and true. I have a busy day and weekend coming up, but i'll try getting some pics against a ruler/tape soon.
I'm also glad there was no fighting/combating that occured. He is a very docile snake!
-Jordan
Balls
0.1 Pinstripe.............................1.0 DH Lavender Snow
0.2 PH Lavender Albino.............0.1 Bumblebee
0.1 Pastel PH Ghost..................1.0 Pastel Het Ghost
0.2 PH Ghost (Twins)................1.0 Cinnamon
0.1 Het TSK Axanthic................1.3 Mojave
0.1 Het Albino..........................1.0 Albino PH Pied
1.1 Het Pied.............................1.0 Dinker
1.2 Normal...............................1.0 Pastel Lesser
Boa
0.1 Super Salmon Het Sunglow
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Re: What a surprise
Originally Posted by Kaorte
There is nothing preventing a male from getting as large or larger than females. The reason we see smaller males more often is because they can breed at a younger age. Their metabolism slows down a little bit more as they grow older but they still can get up into the 2,000-3,000g range.
I don't know how long Winston is, but he's about 2300 grams.
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Re: What a surprise
I've got a male that is 2000+ grams as well so it's not un common
When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001? ~ Mark Cuban "for the discerning collector"
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Re: What a surprise
Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
I've got a male that is 2000+ grams as well so it's not un common
When I rescued this guy he was supposedly off feed for a while and skinny as a rail and still weighed in at 2,200 grams. He has been eating like a champ under our care, but I have yet to weigh him again. I'm assuming he will be close to 3,000+ grams once he is at a healthy weight again.
-Jordan
Balls
0.1 Pinstripe.............................1.0 DH Lavender Snow
0.2 PH Lavender Albino.............0.1 Bumblebee
0.1 Pastel PH Ghost..................1.0 Pastel Het Ghost
0.2 PH Ghost (Twins)................1.0 Cinnamon
0.1 Het TSK Axanthic................1.3 Mojave
0.1 Het Albino..........................1.0 Albino PH Pied
1.1 Het Pied.............................1.0 Dinker
1.2 Normal...............................1.0 Pastel Lesser
Boa
0.1 Super Salmon Het Sunglow
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She's a pretty nice sized girl though. She's either right at or just under 5 feet.
