Average male weight and length

[Manitoban Herps]

What is the average weight and length for a male BCI?

Mine is 7 feet long and weights 18 lbs.

[Jeff_Favelle]

What age? They certainly aren't born at that size.

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

JEFF:

LOL.....imagine the mom, if that was the case :D

Tony

[Manitoban Herps]

He is 3 years old :)

[DeviledDiablo]

mines only a lil more then 3 feet long but only about a yr old.. is dat a bit small? ty

[Manitoban Herps]

Thats perfect :)

[beardieguy]

that sounds about right. Mine are 6 mths old and they are about 2 foot. So 3 at a year is good.

[DeviledDiablo]

ok datz kool.. it juss seems dat everyone has big boas but me.. so i kinda got worried about my lil guy

[BoAddict]

3 years 7 feet 18 pounds for a male?

7 feet is about right but the 18 pounds is heavy JMO

my male is almost 3 and is between 6 and 7 feet but only weighs about 5 - 7 pounds

Mike

[DeviledDiablo]

so do males usually only top out at 7 feet? "usually" i no that different parents have different results.. but juss in a general stand point.. its not that i cant keep an 8+ feet boa.. cause id love to have one that is dat big.. without powerfeedin that is.. sry if im rambling.. im still kinda drunk from the nys party :rolleyes: ty

[BoAddict]

deviled i didnt understand a word you just said

what were you trying to say there ?

Mike

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

Originally posted by BoAddict
deviled i didnt understand a word you just said

what were you trying to say there ?

Mike

No need to be a Jerk. Are you okay today? You got annoyed cause no one could reply to your post earlier, now your treating the guy like he cant talk? Maybe chill for a day. No offense intended.

Diablo:

Adult males do not "normally average" 7ft. And 8ft male is unsusually large. Most of the sites member's adult FEMALE boas, average between 6-8ft, some as big as 9 or 10. But that is still very big for them. Males will normally average 5-6.5ft. They can get bigger, obviously, but dont expect them to easily hit 7ft unless you powerfeed.

If you want a snake that is 8ft or so....get a female.....feed her well, but not too much. Proper sized meal weekly. There is potential for an 8ft snake.....but never count on your snake hitting a designated length.

BoAddict: Your male is 6-7ft long and only 5-7lbs? My male is 5'8 or 10" and weighs 7.5-8lbs. Your snake must be VERY thin. mine is pop-can sized around or so........I am picturing a 6.5ft long fat corn snake size wise.......

C.

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

Also, just a fact that I have noticed. Most boas will tend to gain all(well most) of their length, then they will start to fill out. So you could have a boa that just reached almost its top lenth but still be thin, while one the same size is thicker. This boa would have just already filled out and be pretty much full-grown.

C.

[BoAddict]

no my boa is about pop can size too. ive never measured him but the length was just a guess the weight is pretty accurate as i just stand on a scale and then i pick him up and see how much i weigh again.

weve been through this b4 and everyone almost always over exagerates sizes and weights

and sorry if you thought i was being a jerk but lazy typers are a peeve of mine as far as im concerned when you speak like that it does not translate into good reading

Mike

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

.......Human scales arent very good to weigh snakes IMO. I am not exagerating my snakes weight. I use a postal scale that measures in 5g increments, from 0-50lbs. I would say that your boa is probably closer to 10lbs.

I understand what you mean about lazy typers......its just that you showed "annoyance" twice in one day.

C.

[BoAddict]

CHRIS
im curious why you'd say human scales are not accurate to weigh snakes?

as i stated i weigh my self and then i weigh my self with the snake and subtract the difference. sure im not gonna get down to grams or ounces but when dealing with boa's im only interested in the pounds.

and i never showed annoyance in my other post as i stated over there i would love it for someone to show me how i too can tell the tone of some ones typing. people like to assume there is too much attitude in the way we type. i had waited i think what was it 15 hours b4 i challenged someone else to answer that was all it was i asked a question and was looking for an answer was all there was no attitude or annoyance there. there was no annoyance with the way deviled typed other than i didnt understand what he was saying. seems to me you were reading more into something that wasnt there

Mike

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

EVERYONE:

On weighing snakes depending on size I either use;

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v520/BOAS_N_PYTHONS/09%20-%20CAGES%20and%20EQUIPMENT/bnpscaleweights000.jpg

I just zero a scale with an empty tub on it and then place the boid in it and there you go, I put a brace underneath the tub to get the full weight pressed on the scale.

This system works as I too tried the me/boid on scale as well and the numbers are the same, but hate seeing the additional weight of me :D

Tony

[Linds]

Originally posted by CHRISANDBOIDS14
Adult males do not "normally average" 7ft. And 8ft male is unsusually large. Most of the sites member's adult FEMALE boas, average between 6-8ft, some as big as 9 or 10. But that is still very big for them. Males will normally average 5-6.5ft. They can get bigger, obviously, but dont expect them to easily hit 7ft unless you powerfeed.

I've actually seen a lot of males hit the 7' mark, and would say it is a rather common size. As for powerfeeding, that won't really give you a larger snake than one that was fed modestly, as it is really all in the genes. Powerfeeding has more of an influence on the rate of growth, rather than the size. The only time feeding will have a noticable impact on overall size is a severely deprived snake, over the growing years.