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Can some of you post pics of your 05 balls and include weight? I am trying to see how mine compares generally in size to the others out there. I'm assuming most hatched around July? This is just to assure me that I am feeding mine properly and giving the proper care to them. Thanks.
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1.0 het albino ball
1.0 norm ball
0.2 norm ball
0.1 snow corn
1.0 butter corn
1.0 norm corn
1.0 striped Cali king
1.0 western hog

Here she is.

I've also posted her growth chart, but I need to do an updated version. She just hit 200 grams a day or two ago. She qualifies as legitimately small. From everything I'm hearing, she's not so small that she's unhealthy, but she's a little girl.

Please post your data as well. I'm trying to collect this kind of data and do some comparisons. Some of the best data on the web is at thereddragonsden.com/. Cheryl is a frequent contributor on the forum and has provided a very nice comparison of numerous snakes that she raised staring in 2003.

I'm in the process of trying to do some statistics on Cheryl's data. I've been working with a friend of mine who has done quite a bit of statistics in his research, and I need to run everything by him to ensure that I explain the data correctly. I'd also like to include as much data from other people as I can. Eventually, I'll produce some charts showing where the numbers fall.

Thanks,

Bill

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It's not how many snakes you have. It's how happy and healthy you can keep them.

thanks for all the responses, I feel better now since my 05 male has just broken the 400 gram mark and ate his first small rat with out a "teaser mouse".
Link

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1.0 het albino ball
1.0 norm ball
0.2 norm ball
0.1 snow corn
1.0 butter corn
1.0 norm corn
1.0 striped Cali king
1.0 western hog

Visual Morphs?....I love the normal looks. You can't improve on nature, you can only produce "interesting deviations".

I'll put you on the graph when I make it. I think your guy will be in the middle of the pack, but I don't remember. I hope to post on this topic soon. If I'm very lucky, it'll be a couple of days. If not, it'll be a couple of weeks.

Thanks,

Bill
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It's not how many snakes you have. It's how happy and healthy you can keep them.

This is Frodo his DOB is 7/21/05 he is our best eatter small f/t rats every 7 days unless in shed weight in grams

This is Aragorn his DOB is 7/1/05 he is an ok eater he now likes to eat his small f/t rat in his cage after we go to sleep every 7 days unless in shed weight in grams

hope this helps we do have another 05 that is 148 grams but she did not eat for 5 weeks and just started again she is the small one of the bunch lol
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1.2.0 ball python (aragorn, arwen,`eowyn)
1.0.0 100% het pied (frodo)
1.0.0 columbian boa (squiggles)
1.0.0 rat snake (alabastered)
0.1.0 corn snake (baby)
0.0.2 whites tree frog (trevor, kirmet)
0.0.5 pacific green tree frogs
3.2.0 cats (rockie, bs, brownie, lerrado, kole)
1.3.0 kids (dilyen, dakota, chyanne, sierra)
Brian n Chrissy
"snakes are kind of like potato chips, you cant have just one"

Here's my biggest 05 (Ghost). He was born in September and grows like a weed. I feed him every 6 days, for a while it was 1 adult mouse till 300g, then 2 adult mice till 350, then I got some weaned rats and in the last month has gone up to his current weight.

My other 05 weights:
Female Pastel (Sept): 350g
Female het Ghost: 475g
Male Pastel (Sept): 195g
Normal Females: 305g, 280g, 236g, 620g
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0.0.1 Jayapura GTP
1.1 Pastel 50% het Ghost BPs
1.0 Beard Line Ghost BP
0.1 Female het Bell Yellow Ghost
0.4 Normal BPs
1.0 Anery Kenyan Sand Boa
0.0.1 Cali King
0.1 Apricot Pueblan Milk
1.0 Crested Gecko

Here are a few pics with weights, it really does depend on the animal and what it is eating.
Pic #1 = is a female caramel albino
She was born in August and weighs 480 and eats small rats (old pic) sorry dont have knewer ones, that pic is about 5 months old)
pic #2 a female spider born in early 05 i beleive it was Feb, she eats sm-md rats and weighs 590 grams.
pic#3 2 pied females
1 eats only mice and is currently 360 grams and was born in late July the other one eats small rats and is almost 500 grams and was born in early August, i also have a male not pictured that eats rats and weighs 450. Born the same day as the 2nd femaleis
Hope this helps .
Kim

I bought home this baby Albino on 9/11/05. He was 4 weeks old and 111 grams.
He is now about 5 1/2 months and 618 grams.
He ate like a pig for the first 3 1/2 months, but hasn't taken a meal in almost 2. I could only image how big he'd be if he didn't start refusing meals.

I hope this picture shows up, I've been having problems.

Thanks,
Ken

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1.0 Albino Ball Python (Apu)
0.5 Normal Ball Pythons (Norma, Nova, Nala, Nimeesha, Nyoka)
1.1 Argentine B/W Tegus (Draco and Drucilla)
0.1 Columbian B/W Tegu (Diablo)
1.0 Black Throat Monitor (Razor)
1.0 Desert Tortoise (Tubbs) from Tortoise Rescue
1.0 Boxer (Shadow)
0.1 Feline (CK)
1.0 Memory of my Redtail Boa (Mo) which passed away after 28 years

www.ocballs.net
kvandoren@ocballs.net

I see the picture just fine. I also thank you for the weight data. I'm working on putting all kinds of data together into a chart. So far, it looks pretty interesting. The explanation will take some time because I'm doing some statistics and working them through a buddy who uses statistics more frequently than I do. When I get something worthwhile, I'll post it here.

Bill
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It's not how many snakes you have. It's how happy and healthy you can keep them.