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Extreme stunted growth
A couple days ago I made a post about this pewter girl I was going to pick up. I've been looking for a pewter and I knew when I saw her picture I had to have her. I was told she is 347g.
The person I got her from is a local breeder. She told me she got screwed on when she had first bought the pewter. She paid $400 for her and was told she was over 1200g. Well of course I didn't pay what she paid because she's so small.
So I pick her up yesterday. Upon seeing her I thought her head looked a bit big for a 2013 (which I was assuming she was), and that she appeared overall more mature.
The breeder asked if I want to know the year and I say yeah of course (thinking maybe she might be a 2012). Get this.....SHE IS A 2010! She is THREE years old.
I stood there in shock and then started laughing, thinking she was pulling my chain, and saying "nuh uh...no...that can't possibly be true" etc.
Well, it is true. The first owner fed her 1 hopper mouse once per month.
I still feel in shock. I can't believe the ignorance, the laziness, the neglect people can put on a poor animal!
Here is the original picture I was sent of her. Perfect pewter in my opinion, EXACTLY what I was looking for.
Here is her after getting her home. She's very deep in shed, poor picture quality. I'll take more once she sheds and settles in.
Females: 0.1 fire; 0.1 sugar; 0.1 GHI; 0.1 pinstripe het desert ghost; 0.1 mojave spider; 0.2 mojave; 0.1 black pewter blast; 0.1 leopard pied; 0.1 champagne; 0.1 pied; 0.1 super pastel lesser; 0.1 pewter; 0.1 spider het pied, 0.1 bumblebee; 0.1 lesser; 0.1 spider; 0.1 normal; 0.3 het pied
Males: 1.0 het desert ghost; 1.0 pastel pied; 1.0 leopard; 1.0 black pastel; 1.0 enchi; 1.0 mojave; 1.0 cinnamon; 1.0 pied; 1.0 vanilla
Other species: 1.0.3 pacman frogs (sunkissed, super apricot, super blue, super lime green); 0.2 crested gecko; 1.0 hypo hog island boa; 0.1 normal boa; 1.0 rottweiler; 1.0 chihuahua
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Good news is... you have her now 
She is beautiful!!
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Re: Extreme stunted growth
Wow!!! So tiny for three years old!! She is a beautiful pewter tho.
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I wonder if she'll grow like a weed now that you have her!
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Wow, that is small for 3 years old!! She's very pretty though!
I have a 1 year old normal I bought from a kid who was going away to college. When I got her she was like 140g! I have had her for about 2 months and she's up to 400g and eating like a pig.
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Re: Extreme stunted growth
Wow that's crazy 3 years old at 332.. My lesser did that in around 3 months let alone years. I bet she will devour now that she will be feed properly
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Yes I'm very much looking forward to seeing her grow properly. I have 2013 babies bigger than her.
I record everyone's growth/feeding/shedding already but I'll keep an extra close eye on hers. It'll be very interesting to look at her stats compared next to someone of similar size, but very different age
Females: 0.1 fire; 0.1 sugar; 0.1 GHI; 0.1 pinstripe het desert ghost; 0.1 mojave spider; 0.2 mojave; 0.1 black pewter blast; 0.1 leopard pied; 0.1 champagne; 0.1 pied; 0.1 super pastel lesser; 0.1 pewter; 0.1 spider het pied, 0.1 bumblebee; 0.1 lesser; 0.1 spider; 0.1 normal; 0.3 het pied
Males: 1.0 het desert ghost; 1.0 pastel pied; 1.0 leopard; 1.0 black pastel; 1.0 enchi; 1.0 mojave; 1.0 cinnamon; 1.0 pied; 1.0 vanilla
Other species: 1.0.3 pacman frogs (sunkissed, super apricot, super blue, super lime green); 0.2 crested gecko; 1.0 hypo hog island boa; 0.1 normal boa; 1.0 rottweiler; 1.0 chihuahua
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are there health issues to be expected?
just a few days ago i watched a video by perhistoricpetsTV on how to control growth of reticulated pythons by controlling the amount of food.
still, the weight is seriously off. a hopper mouse per month is just not enough, not even if you want the snake to grow slowly.
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Re: Extreme stunted growth
 Originally Posted by Pythonfriend
are there health issues to be expected?
just a few days ago i watched a video by perhistoricpetsTV on how to control growth of reticulated pythons by controlling the amount of food.
still, the weight is seriously off. a hopper mouse per month is just not enough, not even if you want the snake to grow slowly.
Besides being very small for her age, I haven't noticed any health concerns. Active, plenty of tongue flicking. She's not "thin" by any means, just very very small.
Yeah I've heard of controlling the size of the snake by minimalistic feeding but I agree this goes way beyond that.
I will start her on a smaller sized prey item than I normally would for a ball her size. I'm thinking a small sized weanling ~30g every 5 days and move onward from there.
Oh BTW she's been checked for any internal parasites (the breeder I get her from does a fecal check on all new arrivals and continues periodically) and she's clean. Of course in quarantine still though
Females: 0.1 fire; 0.1 sugar; 0.1 GHI; 0.1 pinstripe het desert ghost; 0.1 mojave spider; 0.2 mojave; 0.1 black pewter blast; 0.1 leopard pied; 0.1 champagne; 0.1 pied; 0.1 super pastel lesser; 0.1 pewter; 0.1 spider het pied, 0.1 bumblebee; 0.1 lesser; 0.1 spider; 0.1 normal; 0.3 het pied
Males: 1.0 het desert ghost; 1.0 pastel pied; 1.0 leopard; 1.0 black pastel; 1.0 enchi; 1.0 mojave; 1.0 cinnamon; 1.0 pied; 1.0 vanilla
Other species: 1.0.3 pacman frogs (sunkissed, super apricot, super blue, super lime green); 0.2 crested gecko; 1.0 hypo hog island boa; 0.1 normal boa; 1.0 rottweiler; 1.0 chihuahua
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As plump as she is I doubt she is 3 years old.
A 3 year old underfed BP eating a hopper a month would not look that plump.
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