If anyone can tell me how fast ball pythons grow, that would be great because i have had mine for about 3 years and it has gotten a lot bigger, but does anyone know how long it takes them to fully grow?
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How fast do they grow?
ckysnake
Jun 07, 2005 10:36 AM
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Matt...Hennek
Jun 07, 2005 12:08 PM
75-100g/month is a good growth rate.
At 3 years, a female ball should be pushing upwards of 1500-2500g.
jtrott
Jun 07, 2005 01:06 PM
I have a Female '04 CH that is pushing 1100 grams, and another, that I got at the same time that is about 300 grams. It all depends on how much they eat.....I have a 2 year old female that is 1700 grams, and a 6 year old female that is 2200 grams.
You cannot really gauge when a Ball Python will be "full" grown. They grow their entire lives.
Jason
nita
Jun 07, 2005 05:31 PM
I also have an '04 CH that is sitting at 1090g and 3 '02 CBB that is only 400g, 840g and 960g . All depends on their eating habits. I have 4 '04 CBB that are all between 500g and 800g that were all Oct hatchlings!!
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toshamc
Jun 07, 2005 02:19 PM
It depends on the snake, what they eat, etc. Snakes are never fully grown they continue to grow through their life, they just slow down as they age. Just as an example here are two of mine, they are both about a year old the normal was born last july and the albino last august. They both feed on the same schedule and are good eaters. However, the normal eats one adult mouse per week occasionally he will eat a rat pup but as he eats live only I mostly stick to mice. The albino on the other hand eats one F/T medium rat per week. The albino is about 6 inches longer than the normal, weighs about 300 grams more and as you can see quite a bit thicker! So their growth depends on a lot of things. Hope this helps.
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Tosha 
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