Estimated age for my new ball python?

[Jtmatsumoto]

I recently purchased a BP from a local pet store and they were unable to give me an age for this little guy. I know all snakes grow differently but does anyone have an approximation based on it's size? It's about 17in







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[Commandokev]

I'm in no way knowledgeable about BP and how they age but I would get somewhere in the 5-6 month ballpark. I'm just basing that assumption off my 7 month old boy. How often do you feed him and what size? That will make a big difference in the size/age ratio.

[Jtmatsumoto]

I'm in no way knowledgeable about BP and how they age but I would get somewhere in the 5-6 month ballpark. I'm just basing that assumption off my 7 month old boy. How often do you feed him and what size? That will make a big difference in the size/age ratio.

I fed him for the first time on Friday. The pics make it look a little bigger than it really is and I haven't had time to invest in a scale yet. I'm currently feeding it fuzzie mice but I'm sure it could take a hopper. I plan on feeding every 4-5 days until I run out of fuzzies then switching over to hoppers every 7 days.


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[Jtmatsumoto]

Here's a little better pic




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[Commandokev]

I will stick with the guess from the first post. You can definitely feed larger mice to him though, hoppers may still be too small.

[kylearmbar]

It looks like he's sitting around maybe 300 grams, he's MOST likely 4-7 months old depending when he started eating consistently as a hatchling. Maybe younger even.

[Skiploder]

The only way to tell for sure is to cut him in half and count the rings.