Growth Chart?

Im a fairly new BP owner.

Is there some kind of chart that you can use as a rule of thumb that says your BP is growing the way it should?

For example i have a

Pastel Female Year old weighs 780g. My albino Female is two months behind her in age but her weight is 410g. Then I have a Pied female that is 800g just over a year old as well..

Thoughts???

Scuba

Ball pythons are like people when it comes to growth. Some grow faster than others.

I have some that are pushing 3 years old and are under 1400 grams, and some that are almost 2 1/2 that are 1800+ grams.

Check this out.
Trey

Very kewl link, I was wondering about that and also the others are right some just grow slower then others

Some grow faster than others, I weigh mine before every feed and keep track that way.

I'd love to see a males vs females chart similar to the one that mxrider42 posted.

All grow at diffrent rates some slower then others some faster then others vice versa,

Someone I know from another forum one of his 08 females is hitting 1200 atm and then another persons male spider 08 is hitting 600 so they all varie I guess.

James

I wish the charts would include how often the snakes ate.

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Check this out.
Trey

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I wouldn't go by that chart! On month 16 they weighed more than on month 24!

Thanks for that link Trey. I've seen similar results as shown on the charts; especially when you click through to see weights of the individual snakes.

I've also seen the "hit the wall - no growth" phenomenon around 700 - 800 grams. It is not unusual for BPs at this stage to not gain and in some circumstances lose weight. Looking at the chart again, and my personal charts (yes, I am a nerd and keep data for years), 700-800 grams usually occurs when they are around 18 months old, right in the middle of their second winter in most circumstances. As they are getting close to sexual maturity I think their natural "stop eating for breeding" instincts kick in and they follow in the path of their older sisters and brothers. Has anyone else seen this happen?

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Check this out.
Trey

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Nice chart here! The only thing its missing though is what month 1 really is. It would be a nice piece of information to have in coming to conclusions with the data.

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I wouldn't go by that chart! On month 16 they weighed more than on month 24!

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The weights are an average of all of his animals weights. The face that the weight is less that that of a previous month has little bearing on the grand scheme of this chart. We are interested in gradual change and the overall shape the chart rather than the individual numbers.

good eye though! It means your really reading the data.