Re: How old are most hatchling BPs when sold?
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Oh dang, so mine is younger than average? I guess he was only about two weeks out of the egg when I got him :(
You can't determine age by size there is a lot more to this, size out of the egg you can have a 32 grams hatchling like you can have a 90 grams hatchling out of the egg (obviously they don't get started with the same prey size), it also depends how fast the animal is started some start eating food right after shed some will take 6 to 8 weeks, after that it depends if they skip meals, fast, are fed every 5 days or every 7 days, what prey size they are getting (sometime it's insufficient)
Bottom line your snake is the age you were told granted you bought it from a reputable breeder for the rest it's just a guess, I have seen 1 year old at 250 grams and I have seen 1 year old at 1200 grams.
Just like I have 2 hatchling right now that have barely reach 65 grams and yet have had 6 meals already.
The important is that your snake is eating and growing in your care the rest is a number.
