Size after 2 years?

What size are male ball pythons supposed to be after 2 years?

I keep worrying that my Spot is stunted because hes so much smaller than all the snakes I see here :(

Thanks.

I have a male BP. He was an 07 feb hatchling. So a little over 2 yrs. He's at 400g right now and I wonder the same thing!! Males will usually be smaller than females and less girthy....how much does yours weigh?

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Originally Posted by teebyrd393

I have a male BP. He was an 07 feb hatchling. So a little over 2 yrs. He's at 400g right now and I wonder the same thing!! Males will usually be smaller than females and less girthy....how much does yours weigh?

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Mine's an 07 August hatchling and he's 260g that's why I'm wondering he seems small, and he's fed every 6 days.

That is pretty small. He should be at least 800 grams I would think.
My 6 month old BP is 400g.
How much are you feeding him? What kind of mice?

Make sure you're increasing the size of the rodents as he is growing so he does grow more.

It will vary greatly from snake to snake, but for some reference I have '08 hatchlings from about 200g to 450g, '07s from about 600g to 1200g and '06s from about 800g to 1600g. My males are on the smaller side, and most of my females are on the larger sides of those scales. I could also be feeding a little more than I do, so I think these are leaning toward the lower to mid end of what the weights should be.

For a February '07 male, he could probably weigh quite a bit more with appropriate feeding. He's practically a late '06, so I would say that 500-600g would be on the smaller side of where he should be, but every snake is different, so while that may be true generally, he may just be small if you are feeding him enough. Most of my 400g mousers get 2-3 small adult mice a week if they will take them.

Snakes are just like people, there can be a huge range in size even if they're the same age. My '07 males range from 650-1100g, females 900-1500. All are on more or less the same feeding schedule.

Right now he's feeding on the size right below adult mice (pet store doesn't know the proper size name, but they're around the size of weanlings) I'm thinking about moving Spot up to adult mice but is he big enough yet?
Pictures are here:
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...92#post1029592

Feed him adult mice, if you can't get adults feed 2 smaller ones he should be eating a 26-39 gram feeder, you may want to start him on weanling rats. feed every 5 days

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Originally Posted by rainglow

Right now he's feeding on the size right below adult mice (pet store doesn't know the proper size name, but they're around the size of weanlings) I'm thinking about moving Spot up to adult mice but is he big enough yet?
Pictures are here:
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...92#post1029592

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He could for sure do with large adult mice. A nice rule of thumb to go by is to fee 10-15% of the snakes body weight.