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Re: Alice
One more pic -
For reference, the screwdriver is about 7.2 inches long.
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Re: Alice
May I ask about your feeding schedule and what you feed her? She looks pretty thin. Beautiful snake otherwise though!
Steve
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Re: Alice
I just got her on Friday. Fed her a mouse yesterday. Thinking of another in 4 or 5 more days. She's still a baby and was shedding when I obtained her though.
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Re: Alice
She has a nice black back on the last half of her body which looks cool!!! Now that she is in a good home you just need to fatten her up bit
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Re: Alice
Originally Posted by Boanerges
She has a nice black back on the last half of her body which looks cool!!! Now that she is in a good home you just need to fatten her up bit
Thanks. Fatten her up I will. : D
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Re: Alice
She is a beauty!! Lucky snake~ lucky you!!
~~ McKinsey~~
"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
~The Little Prince; Antoine de Saint Exupery
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Re: Alice
Originally Posted by AlbelTheWicked
I just got her on Friday. Fed her a mouse yesterday. Thinking of another in 4 or 5 more days. She's still a baby and was shedding when I obtained her though.
If the screwdriver is 7.2 inches long, then the snake is just over 31 inches long (based on a computerized "snake measurer" program). The average size for a hatchling ball python would be closer to 16 - 18 inches (roughly). Growth rates vary greatly among ball pythons, and a lot depends on feeding. It appears that your snake has been underfed for a considerable length of time, so it would be pretty much impossible to come up with an accurate age based on length. However, I would GUESS at least a year old. If you wish to feed mice, I would suggest 1 mouse a week for a couple weeks, then give 2 mice (one at a time) a week for a couple weeks, then maybe bump up to 3. A good rule of thumb is to feed 10% of the snake's body weight. A better option might be to feed her small rats (still once per week). As thin as she is though, and since you are already feeding mice, I'd still go with 1 mouse a week for a couple weeks, then 2, then go with the small rats. Give her a chance to build up her gut flora before feeding too heavily (if she hasn't eaten in a long time, a large meal could be a very bad thing).
Best of luck!
Steve
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Re: Alice
I got to thinking - as thin as the snake is, I don't think there's any way it could have grown to that length in one year. She's probably 2 - 3 years old at least.
Steve
Originally Posted by hoo-t
If the screwdriver is 7.2 inches long, then the snake is just over 31 inches long (based on a computerized "snake measurer" program). The average size for a hatchling ball python would be closer to 16 - 18 inches (roughly). Growth rates vary greatly among ball pythons, and a lot depends on feeding. It appears that your snake has been underfed for a considerable length of time, so it would be pretty much impossible to come up with an accurate age based on length. However, I would GUESS at least a year old. If you wish to feed mice, I would suggest 1 mouse a week for a couple weeks, then give 2 mice (one at a time) a week for a couple weeks, then maybe bump up to 3. A good rule of thumb is to feed 10% of the snake's body weight. A better option might be to feed her small rats (still once per week). As thin as she is though, and since you are already feeding mice, I'd still go with 1 mouse a week for a couple weeks, then 2, then go with the small rats. Give her a chance to build up her gut flora before feeding too heavily (if she hasn't eaten in a long time, a large meal could be a very bad thing).
Best of luck!
Steve
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Re: Alice
Steve, what program did you use to calculate the snakes age? I would love to do that for my guy, I adopted him from a reptile rescue so I don't know how old he is.
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