Jungle Python Size?

[simboni]

Hi,

I've got a female jungle python which is approximately 2 years old, she's 2 and a half feet long. Other jungle pythons of this age seem to be a lot larger and stockier. She's always eaten fine, I've had her since she was 10 months old and when I picked her up all the other pythons in her clutch were her size. Just curious as to why she might be so much smaller?

 

[kittycat17]

Hi,

I've got a female jungle python which is approximately 2 years old, she's 2 and a half feet long. Other jungle pythons of this age seem to be a lot larger and stockier. She's always eaten fine, I've had her since she was 10 months old and when I picked her up all the other pythons in her clutch were her size. Just curious as to why she might be so much smaller?

Could have been a slow starter, feeds only on mice, wasn't feed often? Could be a few reasons.



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[simboni]

Is this a threat to her health in any way?

 

[kittycat17]

No
Some are just slow starters as long as she isn't underweight she's fine
Most of the jungles you would see have been fed up quickly to get to breeding size
So yours is more likely more a natural size


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[simboni]

appreciate it! thanks!