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  • 02-12-2012, 03:05 AM
    Vitto
    Increased females growth rates?
    I got these two vanilla girls last year. I picked them both because 1) the price was right 2) extremely unique patterns on these girls & 3) I wanted to make vanilla creams.

    Well as you know vanillas get better as they shed and age just like fires. Their patterns are wild. Simular to the new trick ball. A member on here described one of my females as reminding her as "ancient Celtic bronze work". Well i have noticed that both these girls are growing faster then any of other ball pythons. Like almost double. I feed often; once maybe twice a week. The same live rats I feed my other snakes, I feed these girls.

    They were both born early August, 2011. I just weighed one and she weighs 600+ grams! Her sibling weighed in at 800+ grams!

    Is this growth rate faster than what others have seen? Because this is really unique to me.

    Thank you for any reply
  • 02-12-2012, 04:21 AM
    TheSnakeEye
    Wow they are growing fast, I have some of that same age and they aren't even half that weight. I wish my girls were growing like that.
  • 02-12-2012, 04:42 AM
    Royal Hijinx
    Wow, my August 2011 girl is around 320 grams.
  • 02-12-2012, 10:27 AM
    RandyRemington
    Sounds like good genetics. Mine vary by family line and just individual to individual with some growing faster than others. I have a male pied about the age of your girls that is in that size range but I also have a 2010 chocolate het pied male that is only about 500 grams.
  • 02-12-2012, 11:36 AM
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    Re: Increased females growth rates?
    Ya, I thought it was fast. They both just defecated last night. I'll get current pics of their weights.

    Btw, they haven't really got any longer than normal, just very heavy bodied.
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