Quote Originally Posted by cchardwick View Post
Brian Gundy has a Normal ball python that he said grew bigger than any of his other ball pythons and he thought it was genetic. It makes me wonder if it's a specific gene that is co-dominant or if it gets diluted. For example, if you breed a fast growing snake with a slower growing snake, will half the babies be fast growing and half slow growing, or will they all grow a mid range speed?

It would be an interesting experiment in genetics. Perhaps it could be the start of a new 'Giant' morph LOL. From what I've seen I'm thinking it may be a higher conversion rate of rodent / food intake to weight gained, i.e. feeding the same rodent will make a 'Giant' snake grow faster because more of the rodent is converted into snake body mass. Seems like you could track the rodent weight vs. snake weight over time and compare the food intake to body mass conversion.

Interesting thoughts, esp. about how the food is converted in the body.
I think there is a region where Ball Pythons grow bigger. Their heads, everything. Not just heavier (through feeding) but bigger overall. Forgot what they were called, though...I believe that it IS genetic and perhaps somewhere along the line Jag carries the genes of those bigger BP's.

How those genes present, dominant, co-dominant, etc..I have no idea. But would be very interesting to find out !!