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How long will my baby female remain in her 14 quart tub? Is 6 months long enough before I can move her into something larger? Thanks

Just curious! How old are you?

27 why?

I didn't know if you were a youngster or a newbie. To answer your Q, I think you'll know when the container is too small!

Are you checking ID's at the door. What difference does it make how old I am or how experienced I am? Either answer the question or just don't write anything.

I am curious time wise how long it will take for her to grow out of her 12 quart tub? Just trying to see how long until I have to buy her a larger one or just invest in a rack. Telling me that I will know when she grows out of it? Thanks Captain Obvious. Anybody actually looking to help...Thank you

Dude, there are so many different x-factors to determine that! How often you feed, what you feed, how warm you keep it, etc. It wasn't meant to be a smart azz comment! I was giving you the benefit of the doubt, that you would use your best judgement! Chill!

dude calm down. He was actually giving you the best advice he could. I've seen some animals that do quite well in larger tubs like the 32qt at a very small size. I've also seen some that would not eat to save their life if they weren't in a 12qt. With that said, I've moved 300g animals up to larger tubs and I've also had some animals close to 700g in a 12qt. It all depends on the snake. Also when asking a question like this it's better to ask what size can the snake stay in the tub not at what age.
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Josh & Krysty Hutto
J&K Reptiles

Various Ball Pythons:::

1.0 striped vanilla
1.0 spider
1.2 Citrus Ghost and hets
1.2 Albino and hets
2.3 het Pied
0.6 50% poss het pied
1.1 Pastel (male has additional gene going on with him)
a bunch of normal female breeders
a bunch of normal female holdbacks and several rescued normal males

0.1 columbian boa, she's a feeding monster, controls my
over production of rats, lol
0.1 brazilian rainbow boa, another rat eating monster
1.1 corns

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depends on the snake....

I like to move them from their 12 qt. tubs into 32s at around 300 grams - depending on how fast your snake is growing that could be anywhere from around a few months to a year old. It won't hurt them to keep them in for longer - but I like my snakes to be able to move around when they want and after a couple hundred grams they can't do a whole lot in 12 qt tub.
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Tosha
JET Pythons

(CJBianco explaining the origins of the BP market.)
"In the beginning Bob created the Ball Python market. And the market was without morph, and wild traits were upon the industry. And Bob said, Let there be morph, and there was morph. And Bob saw the morph, that it was good; and Bob divided the morph from the wild trait. And Bob called the morph Albino, and the wild trait Normal. And the Albino and the Heterozygous Albino were the first investment.
-- Christopher 1:1-1:5"

It all depends on the snake like another poster said.

If they are shedding and eatting regularly I keep them in the 12qt for quite awhile....even up to 750g. They curl up in the back behind the water bowl and love it.

But if the feeding changes or they seem skittish I move them to a larger container so they can feel a bit more secluded.

All in all don't change a good thing....if it works keep doing it (up to a certain point obviously)...but if the snake is shedding and eatting properly I'd say you are good to go.
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John Dague
Midwest Reptiles
www.mwreptiles.com

JP... that was very good advice considering your only 6 years old! JK (he has a leap year b-day)
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Steve Smith
Midwest Reptiles
www.mwreptiles.com