Who's got the biggest.....

[ClarkT]

20 yrs. is cool!

My biggest is 3000-ish grams and gravid at the moment. I'd love to get a volta WC huge female!

[rabernet]

Biggest I own is 3400 grams

Biggest I have seen is this one when staying at NERD for a weekend.





Just look at the size of the head compare to the hand of the person holding her

That person would be me! LOL

[Andybill]

@ Robin - Holy Crap that head is monstrous! Big ole lady!

[angllady2]

The Ghana Giants or Sub-Sahara's as they are sometimes called are a subspecies of ball python that are very localized and yes they can get huge.

I have never seen one at 8,000 grams, but I have heard reports of them that size. I believe that the NERD girl is probably a Ghana Giant, most likely one of the first.

I sincerely hope one day she'll reach that size. It will be interesting to see how large her offspring get. I have heard that people who own them and have bred them consider any hatchling that is over 100 grams from the egg are considered Ghana's.

Gale

[Andybill]

The Ghana Giants or Sub-Sahara's as they are sometimes called are a subspecies of ball python that are very localized and yes they can get huge.

I have never seen one at 8,000 grams, but I have heard reports of them that size. I believe that the NERD girl is probably a Ghana Giant, most likely one of the first.

I sincerely hope one day she'll reach that size. It will be interesting to see how large her offspring get. I have heard that people who own them and have bred them consider any hatchling that is over 100 grams from the egg are considered Ghana's.

Gale

So when a Ghana is bred to different morphs like spider for instance will they be ghana spider balls? Or will it only be the normal looking babies that are over 100 grams? I am gonna have to do some research cause this is entirely new to me, but for real hit me up when she has babies!

[WingedWolfPsion]

It's likely not a single gene trait, but a combination of them, that makes them larger animals. If you breed them to large 'typical' ball pythons, the babies will probably run the range in between the two, in size--theoretically, anyhow. So, if you want to keep large size, you have to keep selecting holdbacks for large size.

I'd like to have one, as well.
Tohu, my biggest girl--weighing in at over 3500 grams on occasion.



10 to 12 egg clutches. Like many big girls, she doesn't produce every year, which is a bit sad...but she makes up for it by producing almost twice as many eggs as a typical ball python, when she does lay. She is very shy, and 'runs' whenever we open the bin. She has never struck, but her fearfulness has always made me a bit nervous, as the bite would be astounding, lol.

Istustaya also produces up to 12 eggs.



Also over 3000 grams.

[python_addict]

Sweet I looked through the whole thing and only the mention of Brian Gundys girl is just slightly bigger than mine. My girl Abby is 4911 grams on empty as of this morning I love this girl and yeah her head is HUGE let's see if anyone on site has bigger lol.

[BallsUnlimited]

Sweet I looked through the whole thing and only the mention of Brian Gundys girl is just slightly bigger than mine. My girl Abby is 4911 grams on empty as of this morning I love this girl and yeah her head is HUGE let's see if anyone on site has bigger lol.

her head is huge but look at my old pastels head. I gotta give the guy who i sold her to a call an see if i can get some updated pics.

[Lisn123]

Wow- incredible snakes!! What is the "average" again- you guys are scaring me!! I know length is 3-4'- females larger- but forget average wts. for "normal" BP's?