Things you wish you knew before getting a ball python

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150 grams does not mean is it underweight here is a new thing for you to learn, it's not about weight it's about proper body proportion.

Weight vary greatly from one individual to another I have animal that are a year and weight in at 1200 grams some that are 400 grams.

There are many things that affect weight, size out of the egg, how fast fast the animal get stated some may take 2 months (that means other can get that much of a head start, prey size, feeding frequency, skipped meal, fast and most importantly genetics, some animals are predisposed to be BIG.

he doesn't feed his snakes properly. a reptile is not like a mammal and there are not going to be significant health ramifications if an animal is congenitally underfed. the reptile is simply going to be tiny and grow at a much slower rate. you really want to take the position that virtually all of his snakes being 12-14 months old and weighing 150-250 grams is normal or ok?

Price: $550
Weight: 240g
Sex: male
Hatch-Date: 8/13/16
Morph: Bamboo


Price: $200
Weight: 172g
Sex: male
Hatch-Date: 8/31/16
Morph: Banana




Price: $200
Weight: 165g
Sex: male
Hatch-Date: 8/21/16
Morph: Banana




Price: $150
Weight: 95g ???????????
Sex: male
Hatch-Date: 1/12/17 ??????????????
Morph: Black Pastel Woma Pinstripe




Price: $225
Weight: 375g
Sex: male
Hatch-Date: 12/16/15
Morph: Emperor Pinstripe nearly 2 years old and 375 grams

Price: $200
Weight: 420g
Sex: male
Hatch-Date: 8/15/15
Morph: Fire Pinstripe Possible Orange Dream 26 months old 420 grams

that is just randomly clicking on snakes on the first page of his for sale. I didn't even have to look for egregious examples and I found some by randomly clicking 5 snakes. so yeah his snakes are undersized 100%. this is an exact mirroring of my experience with purchasing 2 of his snakes. it isn't genetics and it isn't poor feeding response. it's his feeding methodology. he doesn't care about the growth of snakes that he isn't holding back for a future project so he saves himself space and money by keeping them small, feeding them smaller prey items and doing it less often