ball python size

ok i have had my ball python for about 2.5 years now. she is a little over 2 ft long and she isnt that big around either. she escaped from her cage a while ago for about a month, and that kept me from feeding her for a while. i have been looking at 2 yr old bp's and there way bigger than my bp.dont u think she should be a little bit bigger or something.i feed her once a week. what do you think???

What are you feeding her?

i use to feed her small mice but they were to small i have started feeding her adult mice

Her meals are way too small for her age, probably why she's so skinny. She should easily be able to take weaned rats at her age. My 2010's all take weaned rats. I'd switch asap to rats....do you have any pictures of her?

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Originally Posted by shaqthaballkeeper

what do you think???

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I have a 2000 gram female yellowbelly that won't be 2 till August and a 950 gram female that will be two in August, size/weight is hugely variable.
The 950 gram girl had a 9 day adventure herself and went off feed several times which is why she's not nearly the size of my big girl.

Without pictures your question is pretty difficult to answer.

im neew to this site lol how do u upload pics

Some grow a little slow. I have an 08 that is a little over 900 gr ( she eats mice ) and an 08 that is around 3000 gr ( she eats rats ). Try feeding rats.
The month off food shouldn't be a big deal.

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im neew to this site lol how do u upload pics

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Upload it on a hosting site, I use tinypic.com but photobucket.com works also, copy and paste the IMG code here...

here is a pic of her she isnt that bighttp://[IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/24mt46a.jpg[/IMG]

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Originally Posted by LGray23

Upload it on a hosting site, I use tinypic.com but photobucket.com works also, copy and paste the IMG code here...

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http://[IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/24mt46a.jpg[/IMG]

here are some pics of the snake she isnt that big
http://i55.tinypic.com/23jmx4y.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/24mt46a.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/24mt46a.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/23jmx4y.jpg
here are some pics and she isnt that big

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Originally Posted by LGray23

Upload it on a hosting site, I use tinypic.com but photobucket.com works also, copy and paste the IMG code here...

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http://i55.tinypic.com/23jmx4y.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/24mt46a.jpg

She doesn't look as skinny as I thought she would. Even still, I'd bump her meal sizes up.

A whole lot of things go into how big they get and how fast. Part of it is what you feed them. Part of it is how often you feed them. And a whole lot of it is if they will eat when you feed them.

This is a pic of a ball python born in Sept 2010. She's right around 700 gms. She eats a small rat every 4-5 days and does not seem to know that she can refuse a meal if she wants to.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...ansnake001.jpg

I wish all of my snakes were that way. I've got a Mojave born just a couple of months later who is the pickiest eater I've ever seen. She's just around 250 gms.

Actually, at 2 ft long isn't a full grown mouse just about right?

you need to get her on rats...the bones in rats have more nutrients. will help grow

thank all of u.i ill get her on rats as soon as possible.but im going to post some more pics.she is very small.the pics kind of confuse the eye reason why i say is because her neck is like not any bigger that point finger