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Hi all.

I know that there's no real benchmark, and each snake is unique, but I've always been curious as to roughly what people think a BP should weigh at what age.

My '02 (born March-April 2002) weighs about 1500 grams. Is this above, below or mid-range of what you have seen?

Thanks,
Joel
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Well, if that's a male, then he's huge. If she's a female then that is probably on the bigger side, but not a freak of nature. I have a brother/sister who were born 06/02, and she is just hitting 1500 and her brother, who is 700 even.

even it they were feed an appropriate rodent for their size both weekly?

i am used to keeping boas however i am getting the imporession that power feeding ball is quite popular.. am i right?

I'm not going to say 'powerfeeding' because it opens up a can of worms, and I'd rather not. The jury is still out on an appropriate feeding schedule for balls. I, personally, tend to feed more than less. Balls aren't stupid, they know when they don't want any more, so I feel that most people underfeed their balls. Seems I opened the can, tsk tsk tsk. For the most part, males won't eat as regularly as females, they are notoriously finicky eaters (at least all of my males are).

I'd say above for sure. Take a look at the graph in the Ball Python manual. Females reached a weight of about 1000 grams in a year and these females were kept in optimal conditions for rapid growth.
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Jay A. Martin