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What weight do you think female royals should be for breeding
anything, doesn't matter
5%
 5%  [ 2 ]
more than 800 grams
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
more than 1000 grams
5%
 5%  [ 2 ]
more than 1200 grams
20%
 20%  [ 7 ]
more than 1500 grams
52%
 52%  [ 18 ]
more than 1800 grams
5%
 5%  [ 2 ]
more than 2000 grams
8%
 8%  [ 3 ]
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mike h
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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looks like the average weight was 1388g's

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Average weight of clutch 772grams


So generally the females going into breeding season will be close to the 2k mark???



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scott W wrote:
mike h wrote:
Does anybody know what the average weight of female gravid royals collected in wild for CF babies is?
Would be good to know and may shed a bit of light.

mike


Mike in that study I posted it showed the average Length to be 128.4cms for gravid females, also 8.1 average fertile clutch size, babies hatched at 40.2cm and 55.7grams ave.

Weights of females, looks like the average weight was 1388g's, I'm guessing that weight was taken AFTER the clutch was laid. The smallest wighed 1010grams after laying 4 fertile and 1 slug. Average weight of clutch 772grams



Last year I hatched 7 clutches of Ball Pythons. Discounting the smallest clutch of 4 and the largest clutch of 9, I averaged 5 eggs per clutch with 100% fertility. All my females were from 2005 and ranged from 1550 - 1850 grammes pre-lay. It would seem, therefore, that the study referred to be Scott would indicate that typical wild females were 3 years or older and greater than 2000 grammes in weight to produce such a high average clutch.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just wanted to post this picture - two females, both around the same age.

The one underneath is much shorter than the top one, chunky bodied, and I would be happy breeding from her. The other female, despite being heavier, is long, thin, and will need to do quite a bit of bulking up before putting a male near her.

But if we went strictly by strict weight rules, then only the long skinny female is suitable for breeding ...
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

totally understand, i have a female that is short and just about 1200g and i was thinking of using her this year, this obviously answers it for me. Cheers
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

good point Toyah .....mine's , at the moment , is similar to ur chunky lass ( 1200g ) but heavy bodied and short...



...taken a cple months back ...just as chunky today !
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

snakeypete wrote:
good point Toyah .....mine's , at the moment , is similar to ur chunky lass ( 1200g ) but heavy bodied and short...

...taken a cple months back ...just as chunky today !


I like the black sheet you use to take your pictures on, gotta get myself one, i typically use white but the picture ends up over exposed.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

its one bit of a light tent , ya get red , blue , black and white ...and a huge collapsible fabric tent thing ( all white , for flash firing thru it and large opening ) ...ebay it roughly 15 quid ...well worth it if ya ( like me ) love taking pics . works well
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

snakeypete wrote:
its one bit of a light tent , ya get red , blue , black and white ...and a huge collapsible fabric tent thing ( all white , for flash firing thru it and large opening ) ...ebay it roughly 15 quid ...well worth it if ya ( like me ) love taking pics . works well


I dont get it
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rizlah wrote:
Young_Gun wrote:
I'd say personally anything from 1500g.


I agree, not sure this one is going to go on as long as the CFing post lol


Rizlah wrote:
totally understand, i have a female that is short and just about 1200g and i was thinking of using her this year, this obviously answers it for me. Cheers

Question Confused Confused


Its part of a tent, you know the canvas/fabric things you use when you are camping and don't want to freeze or get wet?

You can get them from ebay for roughly £15.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rizlah - like this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150177244580
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