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09-Jul-07, 11:16 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: NT Darwin Age/Gender: 24  | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Armand  how fast do BHP's grow if you feed them once a week?? | slow mine were on 2 small rats a fort or 1 small a week for awile and haven't grom much at all they've been there size for a wile now I find it quite strange comparing them with my mates 2 that are the same age and 3 times the width and 2 times the size as mine.
so it depends on if you get the larger snake out of the clutch I guess.
for them too grow guick thats just a guess though I could be wrong.
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10-Jul-07, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by MrSpike |
Yeah that is the same snake. Just haven't had a lot of interest so thought I'd come to a place that isn't short of an opinion or two 
I am downsizing at the moment as I'm looking at moving interstate.
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10-Jul-07, 03:39 PM
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On one small rat a week they wont grow very quickly. One of the smaller hatchlings from my clutch last year was a metre long in around 4 months. Quote:
Originally Posted by Pythons Rule slow mine were on 2 small rats a fort or 1 small a week for awile and haven't grom much at all they've been there size for a wile now I find it quite strange comparing them with my mates 2 that are the same age and 3 times the width and 2 times the size as mine.
so it depends on if you get the larger snake out of the clutch I guess.
for them too grow guick thats just a guess though I could be wrong. |
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10-Jul-07, 07:45 PM
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ok, could i feed it once every 5 days or would that be too much and make it obese?
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10-Jul-07, 07:55 PM
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My 6mnth female is 4.5 ft and 610gms. Not overweight just loves life and feed her a 90gm rat every 7 to 14 days. But ive seen one the same age and still only about 70cms long. Some eat at a early age some take a while to get feeding. just depends on the snake i guess.
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10-Jul-07, 08:47 PM
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looks good to me.
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10-Jul-07, 09:16 PM
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looks very nice to me.
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10-Jul-07, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by firefly_ beautiful BHP. I really wish that I could find one over here under 5K for a little one. I came across a full grown 8ft male at a local shop, they had him for 1900. Seemed steep to me because no one knew his age, and I didn't want to pay 2K for something that could be 10+ years. Thats definitely on my list of "to get snakes" when my Woma's produce their first batch. |
Get in touch with me.
I was male heavy this year and will be selling a few lone males at a decent price. Would be a good way to break in to BHP's. serpentine3@msn.com
Cheers.
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11-Jul-07, 12:33 AM
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mine where only 30cm when I got them very small and the girl didn't eat for a wile and when she did she didn't like anything with hair on it lol very very fussy if you ask me then she ended up being so much smaller than the male I am now feeding both 1 medium and 1 hopper rat a fortnight and there starting to fill out and increase in size about time I think they are still half the size they should be my male is rouphly 2 metres long but slim and my female is till only 1.5 metres maybe she was the runt of the clutch. not going to breed them till next or the next season after that. so ya it does really matter on how much you feed it and how much will eat.
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11-Jul-07, 02:51 PM
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I was feeding this guy 3 medium rats a week but at the moment he gets 2. I have read that anything bigger than medium rats is mostly fat, which can lead to fatty liver disease in BHP.
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