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04-Feb-08, 06:22 PM
| | | Atherton jungle or Palmerston jungle
just like your thoughts and how will i ever know for sure.... |
04-Feb-08, 06:24 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Brisbane | | | | Nick Stock would be the best person to ask. He pop's up on here from time to time..... |
04-Feb-08, 06:33 PM
|  | Cutting Edge Morelia Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Snake Valley NSW Gender:  | | | It depends a lot on it's size as well as what it looks like. looks pretty big from the pics, so I would lean towards an Atherton. But with the high variability of the species, it is very hard to determin a locality just from the looks of an animal.
I am sure some will be happy to label it something specific, but unless you already know it's origins, you can never be completely sure of it's locality.
I would just say it's a nice Jungle python!  |
04-Feb-08, 06:47 PM
| | | | He looks bigger in the photo, he is just under the 2m mark. He is very mellow so i tend to lean towards the atherton as well it would also explane the price that i got him for as well, I paid 350 for him a year ago, its all fine with me my encloser is big enough to cope with a 8-9 foot snake.
What age do snakes stop growing? |
04-Feb-08, 07:05 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Hallowed Hills | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by king905au  What age do snakes stop growing? | They don't.The growth does slow though!
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04-Feb-08, 07:11 PM
|  | Subscriber | | | | Ill say leaning on the Palmeston side. Seen animals very simalar near Tarzali. Thats sort of over a couple of hills from Milla and the palmeston. I will go out on a limb and say deffinately not Atherton. Matt |
04-Feb-08, 07:21 PM
| | | | he has shed 5 times in the last 10 months is that high or normal? |
04-Feb-08, 07:38 PM
| | Cutting Edge Morelia Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Snake Valley NSW Gender: | | | | Shedding frequency is about normal, maybe a little frequent for an older snake, maybe he needs a little less food. lol. The reason he sheds frequently still is most likely from the food he is getting, causing him to grow, hence shed more often.
Palmerstons don't usually grow to the 6ft mark, they are more in the 4 or 5 ft size. Of course there are always exceptions from the rule. |
04-Feb-08, 07:54 PM
| | Subscriber | | | | They do when they eat all year round at the perfect temp getting food shovelled down thier throat   Matt |
04-Feb-08, 08:12 PM
| | | | He doesn't eat all year round, he stopped for a good 3 1/2 months and I feed him every 3 weeks on a extra large rat sometimes just a large |
04-Feb-08, 08:17 PM
| | Subscriber | | | | Ok , settle , i was joking |
04-Feb-08, 08:27 PM
| | | | I know, just telling, think he looks good right now another month or 2 he will stop eating and start losing the weight again. |
04-Feb-08, 08:30 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: NTH QLD | | | Looks like an old washed out and well fed Palmerston to me which was probably a nice animal in it's day however unless the person you got it from etc can give you any history on locality it could be any of a variety of locality but i would be leaning towards a Palmerston from high up the range as Matty pointed out.Tarzali is now just fragmented pockets of rainforest but would have been nice thick rainforest many moons ago and is apparently the origin of a well known blooline i won't mention for certain reasons.
I saw a Babinda animal quite similar that was a huge jungle around 6 foot but from being fed too much it suffered the price dying from fatty liver disease.It's ok to feed them up when young and growing fast but slow it down as they get to adulthood.
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04-Feb-08, 08:34 PM
| | | | So for a 4 1/2 year old snake i should be feeding him less than every 3 weeks, in the photos he has just shed and ate 3 days before. |
04-Feb-08, 08:44 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: NTH QLD | | | | No mate very 3 weeks is probably not enough to me depending on it's sex but definitely give it a break throughout cooling times etc.It looks quite well fed though and if all your feeding is evey 3 weeks that should be fine,maybe try smaller than large adult rats with a high fat content as he or she does look a bit on the heavy side that's all,cheers!
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