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Dumerils Boa slow growing progression thread.
Thought I'd actually start a progression thread for this slow-growing species (so slow... I'm getting impatient LOL), so that I can just keep throwing new pictures up here as time goes on, and I don't have to decide whether to make a WHOLE new thread every time she grows a little or I change her enclosure!
Vigil was born August 2013, and I got her August 2015.
Here are only some of her past photos over time since the day I got her from the Pomona reptile super show! 2 years old and about a 3 foot long skinny noodle.
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Sorry for the gross photo of me in it, but it shows her relative size. This was around January 2016.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...2zso3_1280.jpg
Still fitting in her medium size reptilebasics hide. When I got her in August 2015, she fit about half the size of this hide.
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Her size in the 110qt sterilite tub that she is still using.
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Try to ignore me in my pajamas again as I post more size-relative photos.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...32zso1_500.jpg
Recent, at just about 5 feet long! Still small looking.
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Very recent, last month! Size relative selfies. About 5'6" in length now and 3 years old. She now uses a large size reptilebasics hide and it's pretty cramped!
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That was a lot of photos.
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Great pics, I can never seem to get good ones, he moves so fast! Plus it's difficult to really show their color. I totally understand what you mean about slow growing but you can see she's put on some size. I got my dumerils and my borneo short tails as babies all in spring of last year so it's been cool comparing the different species. If I didn't put the dum on the scale I would barely notice the growth. I have to dig him out super quick because he shoots off like a bullet otherwise but so well tempered, never even hisses at me. Eats and sheds perfect every time.
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Re: Dumerils Boa slow growing progression thread.
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Originally Posted by GoingPostal
Great pics, I can never seem to get good ones, he moves so fast! Plus it's difficult to really show their color. I totally understand what you mean about slow growing but you can see she's put on some size. I got my dumerils and my borneo short tails as babies all in spring of last year so it's been cool comparing the different species. If I didn't put the dum on the scale I would barely notice the growth. I have to dig him out super quick because he shoots off like a bullet otherwise but so well tempered, never even hisses at me. Eats and sheds perfect every time.
How funny, I've only ever seen slow moving ones! How old is your dum? Mine is my most apathetic snake, she doesn't give two craps about moving... She loves pretending to be a potato though. Once I put her on a blanket and she gets in a comfortable position, she will just sit there like a statue for an hour.
And same, dums have great tempers. Vigil has hissed at me a few times, but only when I surprised her by taking the lid off the tub too fast.
Yeah, once you compare the first few photos to once they're older, it's a big difference. I can't wait for her to grow up.
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Nice looking dum. Now I know what I have to look forward to in about 2 years lol. My little girl is only about 18" and 2 months old. Looks like she will be on hopper mice for a long time lol.
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Originally Posted by Sauzo
Nice looking dum. Now I know what I have to look forward to in about 2 years lol. My little girl is only about 18" and 2 months old. Looks like she will be on hopper mice for a long time lol.
Thanks!
Oh yes LOL. Actually no idea the rate they'll grow as hatchlings, but when mine was 2 years old, she was on small rats. She's now 3 years old and on big mediums.
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He looks great RS, love all the pics! :)
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Great pics. It is hard to catch their colors - the camera doesn't do them justice.
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Re: Dumerils Boa slow growing progression thread.
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He looks great RS, love all the pics! :)
Thanks, she does! :D (lol)
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Originally Posted by BPGator
Great pics. It is hard to catch their colors - the camera doesn't do them justice.
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You're right, especially their face with all the patterns!
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Dumerils Boa slow growing progression thread.
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Clean and pretty pattern!
Huh, maybe they're more skittish when they're younger, and I just didn't get to experience it LOL
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Great pictures. It's so rewarding to watch them grow, but amazing as you don't really notice the differences through the days but when you look back you see it all.
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What a beautiful dum, congrats.
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Re: Dumerils Boa slow growing progression thread.
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Originally Posted by cletus
Such a pretty snake!
Thanks, she's my dirt puppy. :P
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I've always loved Vigil, I think she is very beautiful.
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your a good ambassador for the species, i want one now !
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Re: Dumerils Boa slow growing progression thread.
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Originally Posted by Ba11er
your a good ambassador for the species, i want one now !
She really is. lol She doesn't appear to have a weak animal in her collection. The great photography doesn't hurt either. lol
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Originally Posted by Reinz
I've always loved Vigil, I think she is very beautiful.
I'm pleased to hear that haha, she is the least loved snake I have! Most people I know thinks she's scary or ugly.
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Originally Posted by the_rotten1
She's gorgeous.
thanks!
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your a good ambassador for the species, i want one now !
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She really is. lol She doesn't appear to have a weak animal in her collection. The great photography doesn't hurt either. lol
Thanks omg, I'm super flattered! :oops: 10/10 highly recommend dumeril's boas or madagascar ground boas for everybody. LOL
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I'm a fool, I should just post my dum pics in my own thread. Pffbht
I don't know if I'm just getting increasingly impatient, or if she stopped growing. (probably the first) PLEASE GROW FASTER YOUNG ONE, I would very much appreciate it if you were 7 ft already, thx. My fault for getting a dum and being paranoid about a boa growing "too fast" or "too big". LIES. ALL LIES.
A 5'6" boa is much smaller than you'd imagine, you heard it here first folks.
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She doesn't look that small!
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I agree with Cletus. Look at your first post on this thread - it's from 4-5 months ago. There's are marked difference in her size. You wanna complain about slow-growing. My male is 8 months old and he's barely over 200g. He's gorgeous though and I can tell he's grown a bunch since I got him.
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Re: Dumerils Boa slow growing progression thread.
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She doesn't look that small!
Pshhh, small enough!! (jokes, half jokes) I want her head to eventually be large enough that I could hold it on my palm like a hot cross bun. :rofl:
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Originally Posted by BPGator
I agree with Cletus. Look at your first post on this thread - it's from 4-5 months ago. There's are marked difference in her size. You wanna complain about slow-growing. My male is 8 months old and he's barely over 200g. He's gorgeous though and I can tell he's grown a bunch since I got him.
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Oh yeah, she's definitely grown since then! :P It's funny that she could perch on my shoulder back then like that, but doing that is getting more and more awkward now. I've been staring at her and telling her to grow an inch a week. WHY DOES SHE NOT, HOW DARE. (JK)
That is so funny about your male! How small! I skipped that whole size/age, since I got mine at 2. It's pretty amazing that baby dums are so much smaller than hatchling ball pythons, but their final adult size is way bigger.
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Pshhh, small enough!! (jokes, half jokes)
Oh yeah, she's definitely grown since then! :P It's funny that she could perch on my shoulder back then like that, but doing that is getting more and more awkward to do that now. I've been staring at her and telling her to grow an inch a week. WHY DOES SHE NOT, HOW DARE. (JK)
That is so funny about your male! I skipped that whole size/age, since I got mine at 2. It's pretty amazing that baby dums are so much smaller than hatchling ball pythons, but their final adult size is way bigger.
That is funny about the growth rate vs size difference. I have a male BP that I bought around August of last year. He was around 450g then. Now he's almost 1000g. Meanwhile the Dum can barely keep weight on. I may have to increase his intake though - I feed him on Wednesdays and by Sun/Mon he's acting hungry.
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Re: Dumerils Boa slow growing progression thread.
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That is funny about the growth rate vs size difference. I have a male BP that I bought around August of last year. He was around 450g then. Now he's almost 1000g. Meanwhile the Dum can barely keep weight on. I may have to increase his intake though - I feed him on Wednesdays and by Sun/Mon he's acting hungry.
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Dang, your BP is also a quick grower! I bet he's a good eater LOL. My little female I got last September at around 170g is now 555g, and I thought she was growing fast. :O
Hmm maybe a bump in food size would do too? My dum right now is eating a large rat every 3.5 weeks (I know this is almost impossible to compare though LOL).
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Sorry, I mean almost 4 years old now, not 4.5! Omg, getting their dates all mixed up.
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Your pretty girl has grown up nicely. My favorite in your collection. Well, maybe not, your GTP is pretty awesome. Maybe a tie for me. :)
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Your pretty girl has grown up nicely. My favorite in your collection. Well, maybe not, your GTP is pretty awesome. Maybe a tie for me. :)
aw thanks Reinz :D I'm glad you like them both
I'm kind of tied between all three of my current non-ball pythons LOl
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I️ love that this is one of the first things that popped up when I️Google searches “slow growing Dumeril’s.” Vigil is so beautiful! Her head shape and eyes are just extra, extra cute. Glad to know I’m not alone in the struggle. I️ pulled my Dumi out today and she just seems so small. It feels like she’s hardly grown since I️ brought her home in March. She’s she’s every two months since then, but she is still small compared with others her age. I’m sure it’s because she hardly eats, but I️ just want her to hurry up and be a big girl who can sit her giant head on my lap while I️ watch cartoons! She’s been 187 grams for several months and is only 29 inches at a year old.
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Gorgeous snake, well done and nice progression thread.. by the way not all 5.5ft boas are small, my fella (not sure on the strain)is around that and almost 4" thick and 5 years old!-)
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I️ love that this is one of the first things that popped up when I️Google searches “slow growing Dumeril’s.” Vigil is so beautiful! Her head shape and eyes are just extra, extra cute. Glad to know I’m not alone in the struggle. I️ pulled my Dumi out today and she just seems so small. It feels like she’s hardly grown since I️ brought her home in March. She’s she’s every two months since then, but she is still small compared with others her age. I’m sure it’s because she hardly eats, but I️ just want her to hurry up and be a big girl who can sit her giant head on my lap while I️ watch cartoons! She’s been 187 grams for several months and is only 29 inches at a year old.
Aw thanks!
That 187g seems so small, but I think still a fair size. I got my dum at 2 years old and maybe 500g (I weighed her back then but I don't remember exactly). Hopefully yours eats more often soon and can put on size!
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Gorgeous snake, well done and nice progression thread.. by the way not all 5.5ft boas are small, my fella (not sure on the strain)is around that and almost 4" thick and 5 years old!-)
Lol true! What kind of boa is yours?
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I was reminded I haven't updated in a little while again, so here are some!
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It's kind of hard to measure her exactly, but I'd say she's around 5'10" or maybe exactly 6'. She's around 4.5 years old now. I don't have an exact birthday, since I was just told she's 2 years old when I got her in August 2015. So I've been counting her birthday as anywhere between March~August 2013. :D
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I'm honest not sure what type mine is, he was a rescue. People have said he has hypo but I'm unsure, his colouring would suggest he is at least part island dwarf but who knows... He is pretty and docile tho!-)
Your girl looks great in the latest pics, stop making me want more snakes lol.
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She's in there somewhere! LOL I provide her a giant mount of substrate in which she's always hidden at the very bottom. There's normally an XXL hide on the left, but I removed it for now.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...2zso1_1280.jpg
Do you spy her? :o
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Giving her a spray! She sometimes seems to enjoy it and drinks the "rain water" haha
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Weighed Vigil finally and she's 7 lbs at currently 5.5 years old.. Yay! She's also 6 feet long.
A very, very average size for a female dumeril's lol. Unfortunately, my XXL hide isn't particularly useful until much later. :P Or will probably give to some snake in the future.
Also a short simple video of her. http://dogsignalfire.tumblr.com/post...of-vigils-life
Sorry no pics in this update.
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Awesome. I picked up a Yearling female recently. I cant wait until I can get some size on her. I have wanted a Dumerils forever and finally got one..
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Awesome. I picked up a Yearling female recently. I cant wait until I can get some size on her. I have wanted a Dumerils forever and finally got one..
Congrats!! This is how I felt for the last 3 years. LOL
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I should throw mine on a scale and see how much he weighs, he's almost four now but still seems so small, like it'll be ten years before I have a good sized boa lmao.
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I should throw mine on a scale and see how much he weighs, he's almost four now but still seems so small, like it'll be ten years before I have a good sized boa lmao.
Seriously yeah, people weren't kidding about slow-growing hahah
I remember getting her and thinking "I need time to get used to larger snakes!" but nah, nobody needs 4 years. LOL
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