True length of "record" giant pythons.

[Mark Taylor]

I watched a documentary not so long back anyway the world biggest snake.

Titanoboa comes back to life! Smithsonian recreates world's biggest snake - a 48-foot monster which was largest predator after age of dinosaurs | Mail Online

[lemon]

Originally Posted by dave himself

@ lemon mate she's a beauty what size is that girl

Hi Dave,

She was 18ft 8 inches last time measured and 6 years old.

[KORBIN5895]

Originally Posted by Freebody

I read this and I cant disagree more, I think it purely ones own opinion, has nothing to do with animal cruelty, that's like saying 2 normal people give birth to a dwarf/little person, they should kill it so it cant reproduce the genetic of dwarfism if that's a word < lol, or to save the person the cruelty of living as a small person? or people should not love that person based only on the fact they are small, and overlook there qualities and personality, people should just move on and find something they like in a regular size body, this also has to do with millers post just ofter yours as well where he agrees, its the same with dwarf snakes, I Love retics, I love how they are known to be the most intelligent snakes, very alert, they are my favorite, I happen to own a dwarf retic and I love her very much and I take perfect care of her and enjoy her just the way she is, I don't think by me keeping her its cruel in anyway, so what she wont hit 20 feet, and has pretty much topped out at 11 or so, I don't think shes suffering from the cruelty of someone breeding her. I do agree with what you said about the breed generally being smaller as the year pass, just like you said everyone breeds smaller snakes to keep it legal to own ie why I got a dwarf. and over time snakes will be released in areas they can survive in breed out and inevitably the species will be smaller, but it has nothing to do with cruelty imho, just my 2 cents.

You missed the point. He isn't talking about snakes that are genetically smaller as much as he id talking about people who "maintenance feed" to keep their snakes small. That's the difference.

[DeadlyDesires]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

You missed the point. He isn't talking about snakes that are genetically smaller as much as he id talking about people who "maintenance feed" to keep their snakes small. That's the difference.

didn't read the whole thread, but why would someone want to do this?

[KORBIN5895]

Originally Posted by DeadlyDesires

didn't read the whole thread, but why would someone want to do this?

For some people tics are a status symbol but they don't want the actual responsibility

[DeadlyDesires]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

For some people tics are a status symbol but they don't want the actual responsibility

thats stupid... dont get the snake if you cant handle the size....

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

You missed the point. He isn't talking about snakes that are genetically smaller as much as he id talking about people who "maintenance feed" to keep their snakes small. That's the difference.

can you clarify terms used by people like prehistoric lets when they, slow grown not power fed, has the age not the size, etc etc. Is slow grown different or just another way of saying maintenance feeding, if not , where is the line between them. The terms are sort of confusing me now :-/

[Lankyrob]

Powerfed=fed as much as possible to get the greatest size as soon as possible

slow grown=fed the ideal amount and let the snake grow as it should

Maintenance fed=fed the absolute minimum to keep it alive but will stunt growth

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

Powerfed=fed as much as possible to get the greatest size as soon as possible

slow grown=fed the ideal amount and let the snake grow as it should

Maintenance fed=fed the absolute minimum to keep it alive but will stunt growth

Ah ok, the slow grown I guess is what confused me. Its not really slow grown then, more like, normal grown. lol

[moshirimon]

What would you consider the absolute minimum and what what would you consider the ideal amount
I like to look at how they live in the wild. Although I am not sure exactly how often they successfully catch prey in the wild I am sure it isn't as much as the known "ideal" amount in captivity. Not saying that they should be kept as if they were in the wild, I just think some peoples ideal amount is too much.

[Ivanator]

Originally Posted by moshirimon

What would you consider the absolute minimum and what what would you consider the ideal amount
I like to look at how they live in the wild. Although I am not sure exactly how often they successfully catch prey in the wild I am sure it isn't as much as the known "ideal" amount in captivity. Not saying that they should be kept as if they were in the wild, I just think some peoples ideal amount is too much.

I don't know for minimum, but for ideal, I feed my retics a rat or rabbit that's slightly larger than the thickest part of the snake's body. I'm curious to know what size other's feed theirs as well though.

[stephanbakir]

My female tics get a meal that is 130% their girth or smaller every 2 weeks, the boys get the same every 4 weeks.
Females are also my garbage cans who eat any refused food.

[StudentoReptile]

One thing to consider is that while wild retics don't eat often, they often eat huge meals than what is conventional in captivity. An adult retic may eat a whole deer, or a leopard or something and go months. Anacondas do the same thing. They may not eat anything during the dry seasons of their climate.

So unless you're throwing whole caimans, capybaras, or deer to your adult giants, the "natural feeding regime" doesn't cut it.

[Starbuck]

I'd pay good money to see someone with a giant feed it a freshly killed small white tail That would be quite the experience!!

[moshirimon]

Originally Posted by stephanbakir

My female tics get a meal that is 130% their girth or smaller every 2 weeks, the boys get the same every 4 weeks.
Females are also my garbage cans who eat any refused food.

That sounds like a good feeding schedule to me. Why do you feed your males so much further apart?

Originally Posted by StudentoReptile

So unless you're throwing whole caimans, capybaras, or deer to your adult giants, the "natural feeding regime" doesn't cut it.

I agree, that makes sense. I was just talking about a lot of peoples idea of ideal. I just think its too much. I've seen retics that look thicker than burms (in proportion) and i just think theyre meant to be a somewhat more slender snake.