How to get bp big as possible

[smellati]

Hi everybody,

I have a 20" bp and was wondering if there is any way I can make him grow as big as possible. I am NOT asking to make him grow as fast as possible (power feeding). I was just wodering if there is anything I can do to encourage growth, or is it all based on heredity?

I have already asked this at redtailboa.net, but was wondering what you guys thought.

[Shelby]

I believe a lot is genetic, since you hear of rescue cases where the snake was older and being starved.. so it stopped growing, then after rescue it was fed regularly, and resumed growth. A male BP is not going to get that big though.. if you want a large BP, buy a female.

[Neumann]

A male BP is not going to get that big though.. .

I can't verify if this is really a male but some do get large. If this is a boy he would be a huge exception to the rule! Scroll down to the second post by Pelota and checkout the pic.

In any case this is an exceptionally large royal.
http://www.repticzone.com/forums/Bal...es/269382.html

[smellati]

God I hope mine gets that big.

[Neumann]

I think this pic shows a more realistic size one can expect from an adult male royal...

{note: randomly chosen image from the net}

[smellati]

hmm..still pretty good size. I hope mine is a female. I guess I have to get a columbian rtb to satisfy my craving for a big snake. But you gotta love balls. In my opinion, anybody who loves snakes should get at least one ball.

[normballpython2]

man i can't wait till reeses gets as big as one of those *crosses fingers for first pic* they look cool. oh yeah reeses was 8 months old on the 5th

[Blink]

Chances are, none of our BPs will ever get as big as this one -

http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=739290,739523

Enjoy.

[sk8er4life]

u can only pray for something that big to come to us!

[DLinK]

Dang! That thing is as tall/long as I am