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24-Mar-08, 12:12 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Penrith, NSW Gender:  | | | Water Python, full length?
Hey, I'm getting a 4 month old water this week and I was just curious to find out how long they usually take to grow to full length? THanks. |
24-Mar-08, 02:30 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Brisbane Age: 49 | | | | ?
Average is about a foot a year depending on how you feed it.  |
24-Mar-08, 02:38 PM
|  | Space Cowboy Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by sharpy  Average is about a foot a year depending on how you feed it.
| Surely thats not correct - I have never kept Waters, however find it very hard to believe that a 2yr old Water would be a mere 2ft long or a 3yr old only 3ft long...
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24-Mar-08, 04:27 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Brisbane Age: 49 | | | | hi
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Originally Posted by Aslan Surely thats not correct - I have never kept Waters, however find it very hard to believe that a 2yr old Water would be a mere 2ft long or a 3yr old only 3ft long... | Dont forget there about 12 inchs long from the egg and its a rough estimate |
24-Mar-08, 07:38 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: Behind the bushes, Qld Gender: | | | | Just picked up a 15 month old fuscus and she's gotta be pushin 4 feet. Easily 1m. When she settles, i'll give her a measure!
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24-Mar-08, 08:58 PM
|  | Sdaji Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: Victoria | | | | Water Pythons are among the fastest growers of all Australian snakes. They can get to 6' within 12 months of age, and typically would be at least 100cm. They'll grow much more than 30cm in their first year unless you really underfeed them. There isn't really a 'full size' as snakes never stop growing, but most of the growth is done in the first two or three years, at which time they're usually about 6-7' long.
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24-Mar-08, 09:23 PM
| | | | Pretty fast growing - I got mine in December and she's grown heaps already - have to agree that they grow pretty quickly |
25-Mar-08, 10:34 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Penrith, NSW Gender: | | | Thanks for the replies, i'll post some pictures when i get her.  | |
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