Length to weight

[Alexio]

I was wondering, is there a general length to weight ratio for ball pythons?
I see a lot of people asking about how big a certain ball should be at a certain age but I can't find much about at a certain length. Wouldn't that be more consistent? And is this how you could tell if they are over/under weight?
For example should a 3 1/2 ft male weigh from 600-800 grams? Or should a 4 ft female weigh roughly 1000 grams?
Those are just for example but I'm wondering if people with a lot of ball pythons notice that snakes of a similar length have similar weights?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

The consistency is to forget the number and go by overall look, which will differ from male to female.

Female are chunky while male are lean.

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[BMorrison]

^100% agree with Deb as usual. I'm a junkie for seeing progression on paper so I do take weights every few weeks and rodent size weight before feeding and document everything etc.

I digress... The importance is the LOOK and FEEL of the animal soft bellies and such I can't abide of they're not triangular and losing weight they all tend to grow different so it subjective to have a length to weight discussion. If the animal is eating consistently and retaining weight so be it. I got a 4y/o female mojo that looks like a tank and a 7 year old normal who eats a handful of times a year. He never loses more than 5-10 grams on his feed strikes though so he's stayed the same consistent healthy 1113 grams for about a year. The mojo is tipping towards 1700 now and is a beast in the eating division.


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