How old is/was your oldest ball python

[dr del]

Hi,

Given that the first morph was in 1992 and the oldest ball python was 47 years+ when it died I honestly believe this is an unanswerable question.

[Awesomethepossum]

Hi,

Given that the first morph was in 1992 and the oldest ball python was 47 years+ when it died I honestly believe this is an unanswerable question.

Fair enough. Thank you

1.0 Pumpkin Pied BP, 0.1 Bearded dragon, 1.2 Leopard gecko, 0.1 Ornate Pacman Frog

[Dell]

I know this is an old thread but I just had a 30yr old female lay viable eggs.

[Camo04]

Our girl is 36 yrs old. 😊

[Bogertophis]

Our girl is 36 yrs old. ��

That's awesome! How long have you had her? From a hatchling, or later?

Be sure to answer the above poll- it makes for interesting statistics.

[Snakes n eggs]

Magi I, got her when she was around 15. She’s now around 20

[Rollingthunder1]

Any of these okd timers being/ were being given ASF most of there lives?

[PiesThatBind]

Last weekend I visited an old college roommate I hadn't seen in 17 years. He's a breeder and started back when we were in school. So his first gen breeders are all 27-29'ish years old now. AND I will say this; he is/was a notorious power feeder (as were all of the local breeders I knew at that time). He fed those snakes 2-3x a week to get them to size.

It was sobering to see them about 30 years later, healthy, none were obese, no health issues. Purely anecdotal, but I've seen a lot of posts here that frequent feeding shorten a snake's life. - his have had no issues. And the two other breeders I know haven't run into any either.