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Message To: B-RIZZO In reference to Message Id: 148185
Hello everyne...I’m a new BP owner 
Welcome to the wonderful world of snake keeping. If you’re new to snakes, and particularly ball pythons, and don’t know much about the keeping of them, I suggest you search for any and all care sheets you can. I’ll link you to some good ones to get you started if you need to know some basics. They’re a relatively easy snake to keep...that is, if you know what you’re doing.  Alan Bosch’s Care Sheet -Amazing breeder. Knows what he’s doing.
NERD Care Sheet -Ask anyone...NERD is one of the greatest snake breeding facilities around. Trust them to provide good info.
Kingsnake.com Care Sheet -Very detailed write-up on ball pythons. Definitely a must read if you’re new to bp’s. I’ve read those, and many other care sheets dozens of times before I purchased my bp, and it payed off immensely. It’s great to know what you’re doing and not have to worry when they do something you’ve never seen before and you feel like freaking out. Oh, and if some of those care sheets say different numbers for humidity, don’t worry. It’s a common thing in care sheets. Just be sure to keep the humidity around 55-60% during non-shed times. And when your snakes eyes go blue and it’s going into shed, bump the humidity up to around 70-80% to ensure a good shed. Yeah, I know you just asked one simple question...and sorry if I came on too strong and threw a lot of crap at ya. I just like to make sure that new ball owners are as knowledgable as they can be to ensure a great healthy snake for years to come. Now on to your actual question, lol. Ball pythons grow at different rates. It all depends on a few things like sex(males stay smaller..females bigger), bloodline/inheretance(if a baby comes from two honkin big parents, it might be a bit large when it reaches adulthood aswell), feeding frequency(if you powerfeed[BIG NO NO] your bp will grow very fast..but won’t live long), and what you feed it(if you feed your bp tiny little things like mouse pinkies..it probably won’t put on much weight or length. But if you feed it appropriately sized prey items(match prey girth to the girthiest part of your snake) it should grow like a weed as a baby)...stuff like that..it all factors in your bp’s growth weight. Generally, hatchlings are around 14 inches long...yearlings can be around 32 inches long...adult males generally 3-4 feet, and adult females generally 4-5 feet.
Hope my huge, long, boring post helps you some. Sorry about the size of the post. I tend to ramble, and I like to pack in as much info as I can to help out the person as much as possible. Good luck with your new snakey, and take good care of him to ensure a healthy relationship, and a healthy snake for years to come. 
-Cody
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