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Old 10-Jan-04, 10:09 AM
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Python Grow Rate!

Hi guys, im curious of how big my coastal should be as a yearling and and how big he should be in about five years. Do they grow up fast or what?
 
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Old 10-Jan-04, 10:40 AM
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depends on the amount you feed him my friend and i got ours at the same time from the same family he feed his twice as much and his is twice as big. mine is nearly a yearling and he is just over 70cm. don't know about the length in five years but i will tell ya then
 
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Old 10-Jan-04, 04:02 PM
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coastal males grow to about 8 ft according to the books, mine is 9 ft, femals grow bigger, have been recorded at 11 ft[probably female]. mine is 4 yrs[close as i can work out, likley full grown] ~cheers
 
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14ft is the largest on record, but I can't see many of them getting that big.
 
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my didmond female is 7 foot or so give or take a foot got it off switch today its a sweet snake
 
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I've seen your Diamond python before Brendan, she's great! Congratulations mate!
 
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sweet its its burn scar is healing nicely and its read to shed switxch is heaps helpfull and has a mint car
 
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Old 11-Jan-04, 10:32 AM
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A freind of mine like pumping food into his snakes his coasta; grow to 9.5 feet in 13 months...I wouldnt sure gest doing that as it shortens the life span of the animals...I would say 5-6 foot if reasonable
 
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my cousins olive is 3.5 feet long and eating 7 week old rats and its only 2 months old. the fulla he got it off pumps food his snakes he feeds his breeding olives sheep and once a baby shetland pony
 
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Old 12-Jan-04, 09:55 AM
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bull*****, the feeding bills would be to much for him
 
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for the bloke to fed it sheep he has b4 and were not sure about the pony but imagine crapping out horse hoves
 
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ummm...... gullible much?
 
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Old 12-Jan-04, 04:27 PM
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i wanna see a snake eat a shetland pony it will look sweet
 
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lmao BS I ate a shetland pony before wasnt to good leaving out the exit i can tell ya that now.
 
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Is that fairdinkum BS?How big are his breeding olives?

What's the biggest olive any of you peoples have or have seen?
 
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