What do your BPs weigh?

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Originally Posted by reptile3

I got George Dec 15th, I have no clue what weight he was, but I took him to the vet cause he had RI. He was weighed at 220 grams in Jan.

I weighed him in the beginning of this month, he was 510 grams on an empty tummy!!!

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Sounds like he is packing on weight and doing great! ;)

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Originally Posted by FIEND_FO_LYFE

My male is 1772.89 grams on empty

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Curious...How old is he?

my 05's - 2000g+
my 06's - ranging from 500-1200g
my 07's - one as little as 200g (picky eater), and one about to round the 800g mark (ravenous pig).

You'll have your basic rules of thumb for what a bp will weigh at a certain point in it's life, (unless its been severely neglected) but alot of it just depends on the individual snake and its eating habits.

Hope that helps!

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Originally Posted by Pwilliams58

my 05's - 2000g+
my 06's - ranging from 500-1200g
my 07's - one as little as 200g (picky eater), and one about to round the 800g mark (ravenous pig).

You'll have your basic rules of thumb for what a bp will weigh at a certain point in it's life, (unless its been severely neglected) but alot of it just depends on the individual snake and its eating habits.

Hope that helps!

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It sure does! I wish I would've weighed my bps when I got them :( but at least I can start tracking their growth now :rolleyes:
I know my male has almost doubled in girth & length since I got him April (he too is a ravenous pig) actually they both have great feeding responses. My female is probably twice as big as when I got her too, but she's still sooo small compared to the male so its not as noticeable to me I guess. Having weights to compare will help greatly.

PS All of you are fabulous! I love it here ;)

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Originally Posted by lenastorms

Curious...How old is he?

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sadly i dont know...
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he was a rescue, along with another, but the other just passed away... :[

he is a big boy though and very healthy.
the vet we took him to wanted his as a pet lol.

you want to see a few pics?
i can take some...

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Originally Posted by FIEND_FO_LYFE

sadly i dont know...
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he was a rescue, along with another, but the other just passed away... :[

he is a big boy though and very healthy.
the vet we took him to wanted his as a pet lol.

you want to see a few pics?
i can take some...

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Of coarse I wanna see pics!!!!:D:D:D:D

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Originally Posted by lenastorms

Of coarse I wanna see pics!!!!:D:D:D:D

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hahaha ok, i will right now!
i need some...

and a few new myspace pics lol
ill get some of his gurth

ill post them asap.

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Originally Posted by FIEND_FO_LYFE

hahaha ok, i will right now!
i need some...

and a few new myspace pics lol
ill get some of his gurth

ill post them asap.

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tic toc tic toc...I'm timing you!!! :rofl:

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Originally Posted by lenastorms

Is 3000 grams pretty much full grown? Or do you go by length to determine if a BP is full grown? So many questions :rolleyes:

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Its hard to put a number on full grown. There is a post in the advanced husbandry forum where a 900g female laid eggs. I believe it was a fairly old snake that was wild caught and wouldn't put on any more weight so I guess you could say it was full grown. And then at the other end of the scale there are 5000g females..

edit: Just to note I wouldn't recommend breeding anything under 1500. However there are special circumstances..

Pics of that fella would be cool.

Here is my 'success' story: SunSpot my @9 month old male pastel.
When I first got him - badly injured, dehydrated, emaciated, the whole 9 yards weighing barely 44g!:
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...Newpastel1.jpg

And here he is now, 6 months later, weighing 260g! He's a total pig. :)
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...te_june_08.jpg