about wheight

[Ozone]

hey all,

after years of keeping normal balls i will buy in one month albino ball python. the question now is after search a lot on the net and finding many breeders that sell albino royals i saw that many of this animal are under wheight if wee see the date and year that they borned. just see :

2003 Albino
ID #: AF01
Sex: Female
Weight: 400 grams
Feeding On: Rat Pups
(3 years old female and wheight only 400grams?)

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2003 Albino
ID #: AM01
Sex: Male
Weight: 178 grams
Feeding On: Rat Pups
Price: $2400.00 SOLD
(only 178?)
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2003 Albino
iD #: AM02
Sex: Male
Weight: 186 grams
Feeding On: Rat Pups
Price: $2400.00 SOLD
(186??)
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ArtNr.: 2
1.0 Albino USA NZ 2006
Gewicht ca. 100 Gramm. Das Tier frisst Mäuse. Es befindet sich bei uns im Laden und kann jederzeit Besichtigt werden.
(2006 and wheight 100gram)
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ID#:
0608sugar02m6-6

SEX: male
WEIGHT: 111 grams
HATCHED: August 2006
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ID#:
0506past-66phxant02f6-7

SEX: female
WEIGHT: 744 grams
HATCHED: June 2005
(this is right)
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ID#:
0508axan11f5-5

SEX: female
WEIGHT: 338 grams
HATCHED: August 2005
(not very good)
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ID#:
0607mojave02f7-7

SEX: female
WEIGHT: 80 grams
HATCHED: July 2006
(this is from very famous USA breeder. 80gramms july006???? i wouldn't buy this animal.
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what happening here? they are not feeding the animals weekly? don't tell me that may the pictrure or the photo is old because i have send email and they told me the same thinks. are they selling this morphs because they are mabd eaters and that will make them not good breeders?

[lillyorchid]

If this is the same breeder for all of those snakes.... I'd look else where. NO WAY A baby that was born in July of 06 should weigh only 80 grams. Babies hatch out at that weight. A 03 male that is still only in the 100gram makes..... NOT GOOD! 03 Females that is only 300grams.... NOT GOOD.

Either these snakes have issues, or this "breeder" is well starving his snakes. I would really have to look else where!



Where are you located at?
There are many good and well known breeders on this site.


EDIT:
I just googled a few of those stats you posted. Now I'm confused since they all came up listed on The Snake Keepers site. I thought they were top notch? Why with weight so low???!!!! :eek:

[kavmon]

if those ages and weights are current!


run forest run,


vaughn

[Ozone]

is from different breeders. and one is from the top USA breeders.
also the datas was taken from us and eu breeders
lokk tha this mojave. the last data recors was 006 septeber. and it was 80 gramms and this snake was born in 006 july .

Date Description Data Type
2006-09-26 Weight in grams 80
2006-09-26 Feeding item Rat_Pinky
2006-09-12 Feeding item Rat_Pinky
2006-09-09 Feeding item Rat_Pinky
2006-08-08 Feeding item Rat_Pinky
2006-08-06 Shed date yes
2006-07-27 Weight in grams 53
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can i post the links?????

[Ozone]

if i post the breeders name and site you will freak!

[Kilo]

Are you sure they are not posting the weight at birth... and the day it was born on.

[daniel1983]

Link the site. Maybe the breeder just does not update the site frequently....there are alot of sites out there with old info on them.

[Ozone]

ballpythons.com check the available and the read the info of animal.

http://freenet.sidc.de/shops/artikel...164&g=90&trk=0 ( good european breeder also he corporate with bob clark and they selling reptiles together)

the other site i forgot it.