Jag the GIANT Pastel Yellow belly male...

[zina10]

There is a member here that breeds for size, jordan something, I'm sure he'll chime in. But yes, there is definitely a demand for larger ball pythons. For a lot of keepers they are a little smaller then they would prefer but still the best choice because the larger pythons are too large especially for keepers with young kids like me. Retics were always my favorite but I switched to ball pythons for my children's safely and so they can enjoy the hobby with me. I would love ball pythons even more if they had just a little more size on them.

The biggest one I've ever had was a rescue female. She was 4500 gr (1500 gr BIGGER then Jag!!!). She was kept in a 10 gallon tank with a small water dish and a heat lamp on top. No hide. She took up the entire space all curled up. It was sad.
Despite all that, she was actually quite healthy. And unbeknownst to me, gravid. Found her on eggs one morning, now that was a surprise !! She only had 6 eggs (one went bad) but they were huge eggs. I remember that the largest hatchling was 116 gr and the smallest 89 gr, out of the eggs.

Jag really IS quite big around. Sometimes when I look at the pictures I think they make him look smaller then he really is, LOL. I know he is no "retic/burm" or giant of that sort, but man, he IS really strong. When he wraps to hold on or to try to move around my body, he can squeeze hard!!