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Adult Borneo size questions...

Tigergenesis Oct 08, 2004 10:11 AM

I'm thinking of getting a male Borneo, but I've never seen an adult in person and am trying to figure out how 'thick' they get. Does anyone have any adult pics being held by a person or some other kind of size reference shot to share? Or can someone give me a description of how thick a male borneo might get (for example, some snakes are often described as being as thick as a coke can, etc). Thanks!
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Replies (6)

Rich_Crowley Oct 08, 2004 12:13 PM

My adult males are between 5.5 and 6ft and vary in diameter between a 12" and 16" softball empty. The male in the photo is the darkest one.

crzyflsrepdennis Oct 08, 2004 12:42 PM

This is a pic of my female, but she isnt much different than my male. Thats an 8 inch bowl shes next to if that helps with size.
Dennis
borneo female

Tigergenesis Oct 08, 2004 03:02 PM

She's gorgeous! what & how often does your male eat? Thanks for the pic.
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crzyflsrepdennis Oct 09, 2004 11:22 AM

I feed the male every other time I feed the females. So he get a rat every 2 to 3 weeks.

Tigergenesis Oct 08, 2004 03:01 PM

Thanks for the pic - what & how often do your adult males eat?
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1.0 Snow Corn snake "Chile"
0.0.1 Crested Gecko
0.0.1 Irian Jaya BlueTongued Skink
0.1 Australian Cattle Dog/Pointer "Kira"

jordanm Oct 08, 2004 03:54 PM

If you scroll down about 4 topics you can see me holding my adult male Borneo. Rich was correct about the sizes and diameter. They can get reallly thick if you feed them too much. In my pic I dont think I had fed in like 3 weeks, but I usually just give him a fairly large rat every other week... He would eat whatever I gave him tho so its easy to feed too much.

J
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