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9,000 Gram Gravid Female

fgs Mar 24, 2007 01:21 AM

I have a 9,070 gram 5 1/2 foot normal female heavy in ovulation. This is by far my largest female. She bred many times to a mojave. I can't imagine how many eggs she might lay, but I'm expecting 15 or more.

Does anyone know the largest clutch on record for a ball python?

I will keep you all informed of her progress.

Brian
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

Replies (23)

JAredHorenstein Mar 24, 2007 02:35 AM

I had a female, My largest, drop 18 fertile eggs back in 2001'ish If i remember correctly. The female weighed in at just over 10,000g and pushed the envelope to just over 6' 1". She unfortunaetly passed away a few years ago and was sent to VPI pythons for confirmation on her size. She was a BIG girl!!!

Grats on your fatty!!!

JAred

FRoberts Mar 24, 2007 04:10 AM

I believe I saw a picture of your snake, from what I remember it was HUGE, you did post it on kingsnake no? I distintly remember your name and associate your name and a huge Ball in my memory banks lol
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Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

fgs Mar 24, 2007 04:12 AM

WOW!!!!

Jared:
That is amazing.

I hope for a huge clutch, but that is largest clutch I've ever heard of.

At least we all know how high the bar is set.

Just amazing......

Brian

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

krawls Mar 24, 2007 03:21 PM

Here is a picture of Jareds Big Girl:
She was pretty amazing!

medusah Mar 24, 2007 07:26 AM

A large imported female laid 19 fertile eggs a few years ago.

XtremeXteriors Mar 24, 2007 09:22 AM

I would like to see a picture of a 9,000 grammer.

KMS Mar 24, 2007 09:37 AM

I think the largest Ive seen in person was around 6000grams.I remember seeing Jared's pic of his monster..What do you feed 9000 gram females...
Kevin

www.KMSREPTILES.com

Heat Mar 24, 2007 09:38 AM

n/p

Oz Mar 24, 2007 11:28 AM

Got this clutch back in 2005 from a giant wild caught female.

Oz
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AllStarMorphs Mar 24, 2007 01:19 PM

Hey Oz,
Did that girl ever acclimate and breed for you after that? And... if so what were the results?
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Larry Walker

WebSite

Oz Mar 24, 2007 10:03 PM

Hey Larry...

I sold her. Sadly she never acclimated and died a few months later. Most of the clutch went bad too.

Oz
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OZZYBOIDS

ginevive Mar 24, 2007 01:36 PM

Now this is something I need to see a photo of..
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Ball pythons: 1.4 normals.. 1.0 Spider. 1.0 Graz pastel. 1.0 100% het or. ghost. Also 1.0 BCI boa. 0.2 horses (paint mares) 1.0 black cat, 1.0 fiancee, 2.3 clawed frogs. And a ton of freshwater fish and breeder rats.

morphdepot Mar 24, 2007 05:58 PM

I have a handful of females that are over 4000 grams. None are over 5000 grams but they are all fat. All are between 4.5 and 5.0 ft long. A 5.5 ft ball weighing 9000grams (20 lbs) is incredible and must look like a fat blood or short tail.
Post that pic of that bad boy Junior Sample of the ball python world.

fgs Mar 24, 2007 10:54 PM

I weighed the snake last night on my bathroom scale. It weighed 10 lbs. I went to convert pounds to grams and made a mistake in the calculation.

To say that I am embarresed is an understatement.

Here is a photo I took this afternoon of the snake.

Please accept my apology for my lousy math skills. For a day or so I thought I had a real big one.

I guess if nothing else we can all have a big laugh about it.

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

idealreptiles Mar 25, 2007 12:07 AM

That's a nice snake... looks 9000 grams to me!
lol
Evan

fgs Mar 25, 2007 12:37 AM

Evan:

Thanks.

She is really huge.

It will be interesting to see how many eggs she will lay.

Brian
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

morphdepot Mar 25, 2007 10:59 AM

She is a toad!!
Nice big girl and she does look like she has a belly full.
Good Luck

rosaleesmommy Mar 25, 2007 03:37 PM

oh well it made for a great form topic..this is what i use hope its helpful....

minifedawg Mar 25, 2007 04:46 PM

Nice snake though

Nice snake jared too
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XtremeXteriors Mar 25, 2007 10:02 PM

thats a BIG BALL!

chrisssanjose Mar 26, 2007 03:03 AM

Hey Brian....There's got to be at least ONE mojave in there!

fgs Mar 26, 2007 12:34 PM

Chris:

One Mojave.

Now would'nt that be something.

Brian
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

chrisssanjose Mar 27, 2007 12:12 PM

I'd like to see you break a record this season with that girl....2 mojaves! lol...

Hopefully the odds work in your favor this year.
-Chris

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