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Almost 4 feet in his first year
Hello, my ball python is almost 4 feet long and he has yet to reach a year old according to our breeder. I have not power fed him, keep him on a regular diet, and I'm concerned if this is a problem. I see so many, "He's almost 4 feet long and three years old" things when I try to search this up so now I am a bit worried. He's not lethargic, hasn't been sick, is active at night and eats for me every Friday, and sheds properly.
I don't know if his mother was a burm and his dad was a ball python or what is going on but I'd like some input.
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I forgot to mention he will be a year old sometime between October 20 - December 30, we picked November 10th to celebrate so he is almost a year old
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Re: Almost 4 feet in his first year
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Originally Posted by SludgePuppy
Hello, my ball python is almost 4 feet long and he has yet to reach a year old according to our breeder. I have not power fed him, keep him on a regular diet, and I'm concerned if this is a problem. I see so many, "He's almost 4 feet long and three years old" things when I try to search this up so now I am a bit worried. He's not lethargic, hasn't been sick, is active at night and eats for me every Friday, and sheds properly.
I don't know if his mother was a burm and his dad was a ball python or what is going on but I'd like some input.
nothing to worry about. snakes all grow at their own pace, yours grew just a little faster than most. the most important factor when judging a snake's health is their weight and overall body condition.
i highly doubt you have a beep/burm hybrid on your hands.
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Re: Almost 4 feet in his first year
Thank you, I got a bit worried, I know I don't have a hybrid it was a joke my boyfriend and I have about him. I just didn't know they can grow so fast. His weight is 847g, he has yet to eat today however so that's him on a empty stomach.
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Re: Almost 4 feet in his first year
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Thank you, I got a bit worried, I know I don't have a hybrid it was a joke my boyfriend and I have about him. I just didn't know they can grow so fast. His weight is 847g, he has yet to eat today however so that's him on a empty stomach.
how is the body shape? does he look round, or more triangular? pics would help
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Here's the images, hope they show
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Re: Almost 4 feet in his first year
He's a stunner for sure !
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Re: Here's the images, hope they show
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beautiful and healthy-looking noodle :gj:
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Re: Almost 4 feet in his first year
Thank you, I'm really proud of my boy, which is why I worry sometimes haha. He means a lot to me and my boyfriend.
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Re: Almost 4 feet in his first year
Hey there, I had a similar situation. My first ball python was a young male, and he grew amazingly fast! He just kept getting longer and longer very shed, and grew to 54 inches within 1.5 years or so! I was chocked after hearing about other ball pythons growing much slower. I started to doubt he was a male, as I heard females get bigger. But no, he was just a male that grew long fast. Since getting so long, he eats less frequently and he is not 'fat' like a female. I like the bigger females myself, but the males seem to stay trim and fit in their quest for mating! He constantly wants to get out of his enclosure and find a female these days. He only calms down the he is shedding, or he just ate.
Anyway, yeah so I was shocked too at the rapid growth of my pet snake.
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Re: Almost 4 feet in his first year
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Even after drying the shed skin is significantly longer than he animal it came from. My kalatoa retic gave me an unbroken shed once when she was around 7' and the shed skin measured close to 8.5' after it was dried out.
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Re: Almost 4 feet in his first year
I've had that thought here too. Not sure of date of birth or sex. I didn't get noodle from a breeder. Please do not judge. First snake, focused on habitat and feeding before the ethics of where to obtain. Noodle was 22-23" estimated to be 3-4 months old and fed pinkies. I fixed that immediately. Five months later "he" is at 32" and 480 grams. Steady growth, eats like a champ. I recently found out while doing research with the seller, that my male is probably 80% female. Has small spurs, and is not gaining girth, still long and lean. He is round and healthy looking. I feed off the weight based chart on here, and monitor for "hungry roaming" just in case. I'm just concerned because if he is a she, I'd expect her to be gaining girth as well as length. Or she is just a thinner female. Or due to her earlier underfed conditions, I may see growth restrictions. I want to get him probed just to get an idea of adult size and feeding estimates (girls eat more over 500 g). Overall I'm glad he is healthy, active, and very social. But the concern is there until I can get him/her sexed.
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