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I am trying to see if this is genitic might not be but only time will tell. They would be great larg feeders if it is in the genes. Here is a pic of him he died not to long ago but we got 2 litters out of him and they are growing up so we will see.

Here is the pic he was 800 grams when he died.

Here he is next to a normal size blue dumbo.

Here he is next to a normal large male

And last pic is his length.

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2.5.0 ball python
1.1.0 100% het pied
1.0.0 Blond Pastel
0.1.0 Spider
1.1.0 columbian boa
1.0.0 rat snake (alabastered)
1.1.0 corn snake
0.1.0 Chuckwalla (Jamie)
0.0.2 Bearded Dragon
0.0.1 crested gecko
1.0.0 leopord gecko
4.0.0 Quaker parrot (Woody)(Liam)
1.0.0 Landseer Newfoundland (Mac/Newfy)
0.0.5 whites tree frog (trevor, kirmet)
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"

Its a gene i think they are referred to as Jumbo rats. I have 2 one as seen below and a drk brn with white chest and it's fur is wiry. Yes the genes are pased down, i also have 2 litters and the males in the litter out grow the females and they are very stocky and you can pick them out by size instead. I also apparently picked up a rex line somewhere as i had curly ones and the fur falls off and then comes back, should be interesting indeed.

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"Have you hugged your snake lately?"

It may be a selectively bred line for larger rats, but there is no distinct "jumbo" gene.

I'd be interested to see the source for that information.

1 thing me and this vendor were discussing at the expo last night was that it might have been a tumor or something like that to cause the large growth. One reason we came up with this idea was the biggen I had died all a sudden did not show any signs of illness at all. He (the vendor) asked me if I still had the body like I had froze it. I had not I feed it as soon as it was ok to, my Boa he had a very good meal that day.

So like I said I am line breeding these kids to see if there is a gene for large growth there. I doubt it but I will still try.
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2.5.0 ball python
1.1.0 100% het pied
1.0.0 Blond Pastel
0.1.0 Spider
1.1.0 columbian boa
1.0.0 rat snake (alabastered)
1.1.0 corn snake
0.1.0 Chuckwalla (Jamie)
0.0.2 Bearded Dragon
0.0.1 crested gecko
1.0.0 leopord gecko
4.0.0 Quaker parrot (Woody)(Liam)
1.0.0 Landseer Newfoundland (Mac/Newfy)
0.0.5 whites tree frog (trevor, kirmet)
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"

How old was he when he died? The frying roasting chickens in the store are a cross between cornish and rocks. Some strains grow so fast, that they die of heart attacks. Growers actually have to restrict feed in some cases.

While I don't think there is a jumbo gene per say, that doesn't mean you haven't found an interesting trait. If line breeding doesn't work out, maybe it is a hybrid of different strains, like the chickens. Do you have the parent stock?

DeMak

P.S. Here's a pic of the biggest rat I ever had. He's sitting on an 8 1/2 X 11 piece of paper.

I wish i did have the parent stock but he was a rescue that Chrissy fell in love with because he was so fat lol

So we only have the 2 litters that was the product of the breeding to the daughters of the large males we had.
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2.5.0 ball python
1.1.0 100% het pied
1.0.0 Blond Pastel
0.1.0 Spider
1.1.0 columbian boa
1.0.0 rat snake (alabastered)
1.1.0 corn snake
0.1.0 Chuckwalla (Jamie)
0.0.2 Bearded Dragon
0.0.1 crested gecko
1.0.0 leopord gecko
4.0.0 Quaker parrot (Woody)(Liam)
1.0.0 Landseer Newfoundland (Mac/Newfy)
0.0.5 whites tree frog (trevor, kirmet)
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"