Large male?

Little while ago I got a ball python off kijiji and I was told it was a male. The only thing is "he" is 5feet long ( I measured). Has anyone heard of a male reaching this size? He has relatively large spurs and has a slender build with a longish tail. I have seen some females this past weekend and their tails were way stubbier. Also the person I got him from said he was eating 2 large mice every week. Would so much feeding make him larger?

2 large mice a week for an adult ball? That would seem like he was being really underfed - lots of juvis can easily take at least jumbo mice/weaned rats or larger.

What is his current weight in grams?

Snakes are just like people: some grow faster than others, some are just naturally bigger than others; they are their own unique "person" I suppose you could say. You could just have a naturally large male.

You can always have him popped or probed as well to defiantly tell you if he is indeed a he or a female.

To be honest she may have said to med rats. In my head I was trying to remember if she said 2 large rats which seemed like way alot. I'm feeding him 1 frozen rat (med) once a week. It jus seemed odd to me that he would be so long if hes indeed a male.

^ One medium rat once a week sounds right, I wouldn't see why he would need to be on 2 a week unless he's a monster (though my 2000 gram female is fine on one medium a week)

Like mentioned, he might just be a larger/longer male. Only way to tell is by getting him sexed.

Im taking him to a breeder on thursday. Also im getting a spider male on thurs from the same dude. #EXCITED lol stupid twitter habits.

I've owned 2 males that were over 2000 grams and right at 52 to 56 inches long and I know others have claimed larger than that so it's possible it's a male, but then it sounds like you'll know for sure soon.
Congrats on getting a spider :gj:

I have a big male pastel who is longer than my adult female though not as heavy at the moment. He is nearly 5 ft as well and VERY much a male.. just like people come in all shapes and stiles and just the same there is the norm and then there are the exceptions.

I also have a 2100g pastel boy. He's larger than most of my girls =P He is also very much male aggressive. He will not bite, but the second he smells another male, he starts displaying and thrashing his body around angrily.

Did someone say large male?

5' 6" - 3000g+

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...6/dscf0004.jpg

Right on! breeder says male! Cool. Also got my male spider today. Will post pics soon. He is awesome!