Snakes don't stop growing just because they hit sexual maturity.
Males can be sexual mature at just a few months old, where as a female will be receptive at around 2+ years of age.
Growth is dependent on food. If they're eating mice or rats. And then there's the size of food given and how often.
For example, a snake feeding on mice pups every 2 weeks will be smaller than a snake of the same age eating small rats once a week.
If the smaller snakes look full bodied and not emaciated, then they're probably just small. Or your snake is just really well fed.
And sometimes different snakes just grow at different rates.
My black pastel's clutch mate was double her size when I purchased her. They were eating the same diet at the same rate, but her growth was just slower. Ironically, she's now one of my fastest growing balls. shes growing like a weed
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