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DGA945
05-15-11, 08:15 AM
Hey everyone, i got my Ball Python as a hatchling in December 2009, i've always thought it was a little on the small side, but i measured it today and realised it's only 27 inches. Is this normal for a Ball Python of this age?

Thanks, Dan.

(Sorry if this is in the wrong place, new to the whole forum thing)
infernalis
05-15-11, 08:17 AM
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Wolfus_305
05-15-11, 11:56 AM
Welcome!
I have a ball python too, he's 9 years old and 4 feet long. I don't know if yours is small for his age though, sorry
dshin963
05-15-11, 12:31 PM
Uhhh i would say no but i dont have too much experience,
Im pretty sure just over two feet would be normal for a bp that old then again i know someone with more experience will be along
Xochiquetzal
05-15-11, 12:58 PM
welcome to the forum , what are you feeding your guy and how often , how often does he shed and what is his general husbandry like? This is more important than his size really , although this seems small to me.
mykee
05-15-11, 01:08 PM
Depends, what does he weigh?
spiderz
05-22-11, 01:41 PM
how many grams is he?
Ch^4
05-22-11, 04:40 PM
Welcome to the forum!

Depends, what does he weigh?

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how many grams is he?

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stephanbakir
05-22-11, 04:56 PM
Welcome to the forums
DFowler
05-22-11, 05:23 PM
Do you have a photo? I would think as long as he is eating fine he should be ok.
stephanbakir
05-22-11, 05:31 PM
Its the weight we need to know to answer his question
mykee
05-22-11, 05:44 PM
I guess the Brits are OK with having small balls...
Lankyrob
05-23-11, 05:51 AM
IT not how big they are but what you do with them that matters! ;)
mykee
05-23-11, 08:57 AM
"Do with them"? They do tricks? Do you dress them up, put little sombreros on them and swing them around at parades?
stephanbakir
05-23-11, 09:17 AM
I wana make a joke but everything comes out too dirty :"(
blindfireak40
05-23-11, 10:31 AM
If they're little, I bet they're GREAT for Bocce...almost impossible for the other players to hit, I would think.
VioletS16
05-31-11, 04:46 PM
He sounds fine. Mine is an early '10 and he's only 25". As long as he is healthy (eating shedding pooing eating) there is no need to worry about size.

I have a corn snake that I've had since Thanksgiving of 09', he's 33" and has the same girth as most corns that are only about 25", but his bones aren't showing at all, at first I was worried but you have to just accept that some snakes are smaller, some snakes are bigger :)

There's a guy on another forum I'm on who has a burm appropriately named NeverGrow--that snake is tiny compared to other burms his size! But he's healtyh so the owner is not concerned.