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Appropiate weight....

Physignathus Oct 18, 2006 03:18 PM

My female yellow turned 28 months on the 11th and is in the 8 to 9 foot range. Hard to get a good measure, but she is definately longer than her 7 foot cage. I am wanting to know what her weight should be at this stage in her life? The reason I ask is when I got her out today to clean her cage and before I returned her to her cage I got on the scales with her on me and took a weigh. Said 313lbs. After putting her in her cage I weighed just myself and the scales said 302lbs. That puts Nefertiti(her name by the way) at 11lbs. Her last feeding was on Oct 13th and she ate 3 large rats. Anyway, to me, 11lbs is a bit light for her. Any and all info and advice is much appreciated.
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"I am all that is Divine, I am all that is Evil.
I am the one who brings forth Death,
On the wings of a Weevil." JSKII

Replies (3)

mjf Oct 22, 2006 04:54 PM

If your snake was 8 to 9 feet and 11 pounds she`d have lotsa loose skin.............lets see a pic.

Physignathus Oct 25, 2006 10:24 PM

These are some of the newest pics in my gallery on here. If you need a much newer one,I'll see what I can do. The cage she is in is 7 feet long. I have no pic of it but when she is stretched out in the cage she does have to curl at an end(mainly tail is turned). The container(her pool) she is on is approximately 24" to 26" long. AND, there is NO loose skin on her...period.

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"I am all that is Divine, I am all that is Evil.
I am the one who brings forth Death,
On the wings of a Weevil." JSKII

mjf Oct 30, 2006 12:10 PM

She looks like a lot more thatn 10 or 11 pounds thats for sure.........maybe you need new scales lol

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