This almost sounds unreal. As thick as your index finger at 11months? He should be thicker than your arm at that age. I am tempted to say to give him much larger prey but even at the rate youre feeding, he should still be larger. Is it possible that its not 11 months old but maybe a fraction of that age? Unless youve owned it since it was a hatchling. I've personally never heard of a dwarf rock.







>>Greetings all,

>> I have an interesting question, I have a female african rock python approximately 11 months old who eats 3 small rats a week, yet is still only 4 1/2 feet long and as thick as your index fingre . She has been to the vet and has no known infections or parasites yet my vet who also is a reptile expert and works ay my locla zoo is baffled at her small size and so am I. I was just wondering is there any know specimens of a dwarf rock python or is this usual for young rock pythons? This is the first time I have worked with them my normal specimens are ball and burmese pythons. Any information would be much appreciated, thanks in advance.

>>Sincerely,

>>Joseph Clayton

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• an interesting question - cjclayton, Mon Feb 21 21:28:22 2005
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• RE: an interesting question - sonoranreptile, Tue Feb 22 21:15:41 2005
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