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Big girl
Biggest we have so far. Just a normal, but has produced clutches of 10+ eggs in the past.
She's about 5 feet or so, 3900 grams. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...783ca7abc1.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2af4eb32b0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...cce7ef59ef.jpg
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I like the larger animals. All of my large ones have exceptional temperaments and are easy to deal with. I am intentionally breeding for the large animals which tend to be easy feeders.
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Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan
I like the larger animals. All of my large ones have exceptional temperaments and are easy to deal with. I am intentionally breeding for the large animals which tend to be easy feeders.
I share your enthusiasm for larger ball pythons. I had always felt ball pythons would be perfect snakes if they were: (1) less picky eaters overall, and (3) a bit larger. I also find larger animals strike a nice balance between a longer but solidly built snake and the short "small blood python" look. I spent some effort awhile back looking for a person who specialized in "volta" ball pythons to see if I could acquire some reliably large (5000g+) CB snakes, but they seem to be few and far between.
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The ones I have that have been bred for size are over 1000 grams at a year old. A phantom I produced last year is close to 2000 grams already. I am not really doing anything special with them, they just don't skip too many meals. I don't know if they have any of the "volta" blood or not. One of my founding sires was a big boy and seems to pass his size to his offspring.
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Re: Big girl
beautiful big girl. [emoji4] how old is she?
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You all got me thinking since my girl is fasting I need to weight her.. she is at 1716g still a good size.
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Impressive. I also like the thick ladies. lol
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Did you feed her every 5 days when she was young to help with that?
My almost 3 month olds eats like a champ and goes into feeding mode every 5 days it seems. I'm trying to cut her to 7.
I may keep it at every 5 so she gets bigger.
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Did you feed her every 5 days when she was young to help with that?
My almost 3 month olds eats like a champ and goes into feeding mode every 5 days it seems. I'm trying to cut her to 7.
I may keep it at every 5 so she gets bigger.
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Babies eat every 5, juvies eat every 7 to 10, and adults are fed every 8 to 14 days.
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Babies eat every 5, juvies eat every 7 to 10, and adults are fed every 8 to 14 days.
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Will def stay on the 5 day sched.
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I think the size of the snake is largely dependent on its genetics. You may reach that size faster with a good feeding schedule, but you could also end up over feeding the snake, which isn't good for it either. You create a fat snake then, not a "big" one.
I had a Normal female that was 4500 gr. She was a import. I do believe she was from the region that seems to produce larger sized Ball Pythons.
Some just grow bigger and faster then others, even if fed the same exact diet at the same exact intervals.
I have a male like that. From the get go he just grew BIGGER then the other, even though he was raised the same way and on the same diet.
I, too, love the big ones. The actual "Volta region" ones seem to have larger heads as well as bigger bodies.
That is a BEAUTIFUL girl in those pictures, Congrats !!!
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