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Alpha Dog · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:39 am Post subject:

Marc, your right...there are some big girls on our side!

This girl exceeds the capacity of my scale and that maxes out at 4000 grams, that's a 140 gram baby pastel sitting on her. Smile

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Dracowoman2 · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:28 pm Post subject:

She is a big girl, like the banding and the blushing going on with her. That little pastel is a lovely colour, and you can really get a perspective of the size of her with the little one there. Am I being daft or is she quite a short snake?
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Scott W · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject:

Do you guys find that the bigger females are better/more consistant breeders? Or do they tend to be more bi-yearly and need a season to recover?
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Lynne · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:54 pm Post subject:

would fat snakes just be like fat humans???? and is being this size not detrimental to their health??? or are not fat but muscly!
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Scott W · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 2:09 pm Post subject:

Lynne · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 2:56 pm Post subject:

right. do you all excersise them then???
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snakeypete · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject:

exercising the posterior ( the back end ! ) of females is good for when they are laying eggs.......but if there not overly fat/sluggish then should be fine .....gentle exercise would do them no harm at all.
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RegiusCo.com · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject:

Nice big girl Alpha Dog.

Scott, we a few big girls and they are not consistent breeders, most only ovulate every other year or so.

Lynne, fat ball python females make for poor clutches, I don't let them get fat, like you say they are more muscly Very Happy

It is important to note that most females have the potential to get BIG, if we let them reach that size Wink

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Lynne · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:30 pm Post subject:

Lynne · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject:

would they not be more prone to eggbounding if fat???
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