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Any info on normal size /age ratio of C.bibroni bibroni (or C. b. australis which are every similar) females?

I have mature females, wild caught, age unknown, 1.5m / 800 - 1000 gms, and 2 m / 1.5 Kg.

I have 4 year old males 1m / 200 - 220gms

I have a 3.5 year old apparent female 80cm long / 180 gms

What I'm wondering is whether this last female is unusually small, or if the large females are really old? (Or maybe if "She" is a male without spurs)

Does anyone have any data on size/age relationships? Thanks!

I NEED TO BUY A YARDSTICK OR TAPE MEASURE...LOL...I DONT HAVE ANYONE TO COME HERE AND HELP ME MEASURE THEM...MY MALES AVERAGE 3 FEET...FEMALES ARE 4-6 FEET....NOT SURE OF THEIR WEIGHTS....I HAVE NEVER WEIGHED A SNAKE....KEEP THOSE PICS COMING HELEN!....I LOVE TO LOOK AT THOSE AWESOME ANIMALS....JERRY

Hi Jerry,
Do your females grow at the same rate as the males but then keep growing, or do they grow faster? I just feel that my small female should be getting bigger faster than the males but she isn't.
Cheers,
Helen

MAYBE YOU DISCOVERED A NEW DWARF MORPH HELEN...LOL...I HAVE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS TO NOT WORRY ABOUT THEIR GROWTH RATE...AS LONG AS THEY ARE HEALTHY AND EVENTUALLY BREED...ALL IS GOOD

Actually, now I think I've discovered a new method of "DwarfING" - just met someone with 2 males twice the size of mine, but probably a similar age - he feeds them on mynah birds, I've stuck to geckos mostly.

Mine don't seem over-hungry or too thin, but I think the difference is a reptile diet vs birds. Sound(vaguely)logical?

MINAH BIRDS?....WOW...I GOTTA SAY THAT MINAH BIRDS ARE MORE NUTRITIOUS THAN GECKOS...RUN OUT AND CATCH SOME MINAH BIRDS....LOL