Pin-head? (pics)

[pythonmum]

Got this big guy in the DECC ballot last week. I got him checked by a specialist vet who used the term pin-headed with reference to his size. I thought he was a bit heavy, but not pin-headed. He is 1.25 kg and 1.4 m long (1.32 m SVL). Very healthy except for some worms which I'm treating. We think he's about 2, because he probes male (16 subcaudals), but no sign of sperm production and I think he's got room to grow in length. Any opinions?

I haven't gotten him out of his quarantine enclosure for photos, so you have to use your imagination.

 

[Dragon1]

Wow, he's a beauty!

 

[Chrisreptile]

I wouldnt call him pin headed either.
Great looking snake by the way

 

[spilota_variegata]

Pin headed??? His head looks like it's in proportion to his body to me. I thought pin head syndrome was when a snake grows so quickly that its head is small in relation to its body.

 

[Dragon1]

What species?

 

[pythonmum]

Personally, if he was a breeding female, I wouldn't think he was too big - enough fat to produce a good clutch without losing too much condition. I think he's a bit of a tubster for a boy, however.

 

[JasonL]

Looks alot older than 2 years old...at least from that pic.

 

[MaRkAS]

Nice, what's Pin headed? Does that mean it's got a small head, look porportonate to me.
BTW What's the DEECC ballot?

 

[pythonmum]

What species?

He's a Murray-Darling (= Inland carpet). Keep an eye on General Herps if you are a NSW keeper, because you can enter a lottery to win animals that need a licensed home. This fellow was turned in to the RSPCA in Yagoona. Because he's not a native of Sydney and is of unknown origin, DECC rehomed him and I got lucky!

 

[craig.a.c]

Doesn't look to bad, could be a little thinner IMO (I prefer my snakes to be under weight then over weight). I wouldn't say its even close to being "pin head" though.

 

[FROGGIESrCUTEo_O]

Definately not pin-headed, just a bit on the chunky side

 

[FAY]

Pin head..apparently it is just a myth.

 

[ally_pup]

!

i would say my girl is more pinhead and on the obese size judging the size of her head. Your boy is very beautiful

 

[hawkesbury reptiles]

Well done...I was hoping to score that one as well....he looks great..
Definately not pin headed....A lot of murrays have smaller heads compared to their size naturally but he has a large head.

He looks a lot older than 2 years as well, do you have a girl for him?

 

[Jarden]

Couldnt find sperm??? shooting blanks peow peow

 

[Colin]

Couldnt find sperm??? shooting blanks peow peow

huh? not really sure what this post is about or even if it relates to this thread??

peow? peow? whats that?

I looked it up on urban dictionary and I guess meaning number 4 is what was meant

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Peow

 

[redbellybite]

peow 26 up, 3 down Used as onomatopoeia to discribe the motion of sexual intercourse. Or to say you would like to have *** with someone. Usually used in conjunction with a thrusting motion of the pelvis. Most commonly used in New Zealand after featuring on a local cartoon series.
"I took her home for a little 'peow peow.'

well being the fact that Jarden is from the land of the long white sheeeeeeeeeeeeep I say this one is correct

 

[Lovemydragons]

I thinking he was trying to make gun firing noises, in regards to the shooting blanks comment.

 

[dee4]

huh? not really sure what this post is about or even if it relates to this thread??

peow? peow? whats that?

I looked it up on urban dictionary and I guess meaning number 4 is what was meant

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Peow

:lol: Nice work Colin.

In the 1st pic it looks as if the left eye is ontop of the head. Just the pattern as the 2nd pic shows

 

[matt86]

Doesn't look pin-headed at all to me...
And I've heard that it is a myth anyway...

I find it stranger that there was no trace of sperm... in a 2 year old of that size...