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Just wondering if there are standard weight/size stats out there for BRBs.
What is normal? Overweight? Underweight?
Is it more a visual thing? (prominant spine vs scale separation)

I've got a 5lb, 6 foot female,
a 3lb, five(ish) foot male,
and a
340g, two and a half(ish) foot yearling.

Anyone care to compare?
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Danielle

Herps:
2.1 BRBs
0.0.1 BCI
1.1 Black Milksnakes
1.0 Amel Motley Corn
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Other critters:
1.0 Great Dane
1.0 Siamese
1 Senegal Parrot
1 Blue Fronted Amazon

As with any live animal they are each individuals and will attain different sizes even with similar feeding schedules. I have dozens and of course see more of the ends of the bell curve.

Both adults sound like typical size, like you said it's more of how they are filled out thing, not exact length and weight. For the most part I don't measure length. Always hard to get an accurate measurement. I do use snakemeasurer.exe a program where you can determine the length of a snake from a picture. The pic has to be direvctly overhead and have a known lenght object in it. Use the known object to set the scale and then draw a line by defining a series of points along the spine.

Not sure on the yearling, how many months old? I can weigh some of mine when I get home tonight.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Thanks for the insight Dave.
I'm fairly certain everyone here is at a healthy weight, as they are all nice and round but still sleek. The older male was my main concern, as he was fasting for several months.
He is beginning to look quite good, and I think with a few more meals he should be rather ideal.

My yearling is 15 months, or thereabouts. With the exception of about a month last year, he has eaten pretty steadily for me weekly.
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Danielle

Herps:
2.1 BRBs
0.0.1 BCI
1.1 Black Milksnakes
1.0 Amel Motley Corn
----------------------
Other critters:
1.0 Great Dane
1.0 Siamese
1 Senegal Parrot
1 Blue Fronted Amazon

Danielle,
.....Most female BRBs that are right at 6 feet long weigh more than 5 pounds. However, 5 pounds is good for a BRB that is just a few inches under 6 feet long. 3 pounds for a five(ish) foot male is fine. My yearlings that are 30 inches long weigh less than 200 grams. I bet yours that weighs 340 grams is actually closer to 36 inches. Guesstimating lengths accurately takes lots of practice. For several years I was obsessive about recording lengths and weights as my snakes grew and I weighed and measured them each time they shed. As a result of all that seemingly wasted effort I am now pretty good at guesstimating snake sizes. People generally underestimate the length of little snakes and overestimate the length of bigger snakes. The least accurate estimation seems to be when people guess the weight of BIG snakes. After handling a snake that weighs over 20 pounds people almost always greatly overestimate the weight. Several people who have seen my 51 pound Surinam guess that she weighs over 80 pounds.
Jeff

>>Just wondering if there are standard weight/size stats out there for BRBs.
>>What is normal? Overweight? Underweight?
>>Is it more a visual thing? (prominant spine vs scale separation)
>>
>>
>>I've got a 5lb, 6 foot female,
>>a 3lb, five(ish) foot male,
>>and a
>>340g, two and a half(ish) foot yearling.
>>
>>Anyone care to compare?
>>-----
>>Danielle
>>
>>
>>
>>Herps:
>>2.1 BRBs
>>0.0.1 BCI
>>1.1 Black Milksnakes
>>1.0 Amel Motley Corn
>>----------------------
>>Other critters:
>>1.0 Great Dane
>>1.0 Siamese
>>1 Senegal Parrot
>>1 Blue Fronted Amazon

Thanks Jeff.

I attempted measureing my large female using the "string method", so it is quite possible I'm a few inches off.

Glad to know everyone seems to be where they should be. The older male didn't eat for me from October-Feb and lost a substantial amount of weight. We thought we might lose him.
He began eating weekly again at the end of March, and is steadily gaining. He's lost the "tented" look, and is putting on muscle mass. I think he should probably weigh closer to 4lbs, but we're getting there.
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Danielle

Herps:
2.1 BRBs
0.0.1 BCI
1.1 Black Milksnakes
1.0 Amel Motley Corn
----------------------
Other critters:
1.0 Great Dane
1.0 Siamese
1 Senegal Parrot
1 Blue Fronted Amazon