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Thread: Oldest BPs?

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    Oldest BPs?

    I've read that ball pythons can live 20-30 years; just out of curiousity, what is the oldest BP you've had or heard of someone having?
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    A breeder I know has had his first ball python for 22 years. He got her as a baby. A friend of mine has a ball python who is about 12-15 years old.

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    Welcome to the forum honzo_baseball.

    Love the screen name, gave me a good chuckle when I saw it.
    The one thing I found that you can count on about Balls is that they are consistent about their inconsistentcy.

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    I have 2.0 22 year olds

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    My oldest one will be 7 next month, and I know a guy who has one that is 28 yrs old.

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    The oldest recorded one was around 47 years old in a zoo. One at the rescue center I volunteer at is at least mid-20s possibly older and closer to 30. My oldest is only around 3 and a half so hopefully we have many years left together.

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    I think the one in the zoo was an adult or semi adult when the zoo actually had it so it may have been 50 or so.

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    Thanks for the feedback. I just got my first two 5 weeks ago and they were about 2 months old. I am looking forward to watching them grow up.
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    Re: Oldest BPs?

    Quote Originally Posted by bmack View Post
    The oldest recorded one was around 47 years old in a zoo. One at the rescue center I volunteer at is at least mid-20s possibly older and closer to 30. My oldest is only around 3 and a half so hopefully we have many years left together.
    Also the one that lived at the zoo for 47 years was aquired as a young wild caught male imported from Africa

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    I know someone who had a 30 yr old female who still bred every year.
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