By my experience, the potential size of a ball python is 100% genetic. The keyword being potential. The willingness to feed is key. Fearful animals are far less likely to grow than the outgoing ones. I have animals that consistently produce offspring that feed easy and grow like weeds. I have others that are just average sized animals that produce average sized animals. There are a couple people on here that have genetically large lines. I think I may be the only one that is chasing it as a specific trait. I have babies hitting 1400 grams at a year old, this is without doing anything special other than making sure they always get the proper prey size.
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