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Introducing Moby

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  • 10-05-2006, 08:15 PM
    KeithTN
    Introducing Moby
    Here's Moby. Moby is a 2 year old albino Burmese about 12 feet lont long. He(?) has a great disposition and is an excellent eater. I got him for $300, enclosure and all, from a fellow who needed to sell him due to landlord issues.

    Me and Moby

    http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...hTN/MobyMe.jpg

    It was overcast but we took some pics anyway.

    http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...Mobytongue.jpg

    http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...byheadshot.jpg

    And one with our neighbor's kids that my daughter was babysitting

    http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...dswithmoby.jpg
  • 10-05-2006, 08:17 PM
    wildlifewarrior
    Re: Introducing Moby
    Nice.

    ~mike
  • 10-05-2006, 08:36 PM
    BP's Rock
    Re: Introducing Moby
    :eek: Wow - He's huge, and beautiful - Very nice :cool:
  • 10-05-2006, 09:04 PM
    TekWarren
    Re: Introducing Moby
    2yrs old and that big?! wow, I don't know much about burmese do they grow THAT fast?
  • 10-05-2006, 09:08 PM
    KeithTN
    Re: Introducing Moby
    The guy I got Moby from said that he was 2 years old. I'm not sure if he is right, but I didn't second guess him. I thought he might be right due to the remaining orangish coloration on the sides of Moby's head.
  • 10-05-2006, 11:34 PM
    Shelby
    Re: Introducing Moby
    Moby is a cutie. I miss hanging out with the albino burms we had at the reptile zoo I worked at.

    My male burm is a year old and around 6'.. they may have power fed that one, or maybe they just really pick up the growth rate in the second year.
  • 10-29-2006, 12:15 AM
    jjspirko
    Re: Introducing Moby
    Not uncommon at all for a female to be that big that fast. If he is really a male he is one fast growing boy. Not so much in length but in girth. That is a big snake for a 2 year old male, for a female it would be average for one that is well fed,
  • 10-29-2006, 11:29 PM
    novato
    Re: Introducing Moby
    NIce looking Burm. I cant wait until mine gets that big.
  • 10-29-2006, 11:33 PM
    CeraDigital
    Re: Introducing Moby
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Shelby
    My male burm is a year old and around 6'.. they may have power fed that one, or maybe they just really pick up the growth rate in the second year.

    Burms do grow that fast ;) Male's grow slower than females, but it depend's on background genetic's as well. The first year is when they blow up, and in the second year they start to slow down. I've had female's hit 9' in their first year as well as male's get to around 8'. None of them were powerfed. I've seen that smaller, more frequent meals allow's a snake to grow faster, but not at an unhealthy rate; as well as keep a healthier look than if they were fed one meal of the same weight as the more frequent meals each week. They also keep a healthier weight for some reason, not obese, or fatty but actually more "muscular".

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jjspirko
    Not uncommon at all for a female to be that big that fast. If he is really a male he is one fast growing boy. Not so much in length but in girth. That is a big snake for a 2 year old male, for a female it would be average for one that is well fed

    That is actually a healthy weight and size for a 2 year old male. All giant's are individual's. Some grow faster, while other's grow much more slowly no matter what their feeding schedule is.

    Very nice Burm by the way! He is a beauty!
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