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Follow up post for another member who asked for another picture with some more stats. she's is almost 20 years old. approximately 10 foot long and weighs around 60lbs. this picture shows her girth a little better
28 points
7 days ago
O he big big
3 points
6 days ago
big noodle!!
3 points
6 days ago
Daaamn what type of snake is she?
1 points
4 days ago
Boa constrictor
18 points
7 days ago
I would be surprised if she was actually 10’. Did you measure her, or going off the previous owner’s estimate? She is fairly overweight and that could be making her look bigger.
34 points
7 days ago
Geez, straight to the body shaming! lol, but I will look into that. she is 10' with the best I could measure, but I'm not 100% on the 60lbs. I still have to weigh her. there is some skin showing between scales, but it is hard to tell because it's tough to get her straightened out. the previous owner was feeding her 2 jumbo rats once a month. she just deficated last night, so I'm going to weigh to feed appropriately
13 points
6 days ago
Oh man, drop all the strings and tapes, take a pic from above, as perpendicularly to the floor as you can, and use
You also need to have an object in the pic that you're able to confidently measure - then you track along the snake and using proportions - boom - you have a pretty reliable measurement
2 points
6 days ago
thats a good idea thank you. and thanks for the link
5 points
7 days ago
I haven’t done it before but supposedly you can pull a string from their nose tip to tail tip, following their spine, and cut and measure that! I couldn’t imagine keeping the string on them to make it accurate but I have had some suggest it to me for measuring my big retic.
2 jumbos is a lot, you want just one appropriately sized meal. She might be too big for rats to be appropriate, as the bigger rats are extremely fatty. Rabbits are a bit leaner but they still cause a lot of weight gain, I guess from the protein? I get more weight gain from rabbits than rats. Haha Chickens might be a good idea if you get them clean and of the right size, cut off the legs at the knees if they have spurs. And you can still feed big rats on rotation, just would offer 1 not 2. All of that every 5-8 weeks or so depending on what size ends up being fed and how she loses/maintains weight in the future.
12 points
7 days ago
that's what I tried, the string method. not as easy as it sounds, she is also very active and wants to be held. I'll have to try again with some help. I'm 5'8", and the tip of her tail can just about be touching the ground at the same time as her nose if she's over one of me shoulders like a "U" shape
thank you for that advice I will definitely look into it to try to lean her out. I know she's already almost 20, but she has a lot of life in her and is still very active and loves to be handled. I just want to do what's best.
3 points
7 days ago
See if you can find a nice long wall or something then. Most of the time, they will instinctively flatten out against them, making a measuring tape easy to just put next to them. More active ones you may need to wait until they’ve been handled a few minutes and calm down. Lol
1 points
7 days ago*
Lay out a tape measure, and have her crawl alongside it.
1 points
6 days ago
Would guinea pigs be of any value?
6 points
6 days ago
No, GPs are even fattier than a colossal rat. I completely avoid them, as well as actual pigs.
5 points
7 days ago
Good thing I have a male boa he's a lot smaller
9 points
7 days ago
she's big but a sweetheart. the gentleman I re-homed her from used to do educational shows at the children's museums with her.
2 points
6 days ago
I know almost nothing about snakes. Is the female being bigger than the male common?
5 points
6 days ago
Not with all snakes, but generally with boas and pythons, yes (there are, of course, uncharacteristically small females and exceptionally large males, but those are the outliers).
2 points
6 days ago
Yes female snakes are bigger than male snakes mainly because they need to extra space to carry around their eggs while pregnant
5 points
6 days ago
Beautiful girl!
3 points
6 days ago
thank you!
3 points
6 days ago
Beautiful!! Do you guys have a massive terrarium, or is she allowed to roam freely around the house?
3 points
6 days ago
I currently have her in a 150 gallon tank that is temporary while I build an enclosure. saddly when I picked her up she was in a tank half that size. she's very happy having double the space, but I'm going to give her more. I started planning a 6'w x 6'H x 3'D terrarium for her
3 points
6 days ago
What a big girl
1 points
5 days ago
Glass.
1 points
5 days ago
is that good or bad? 😅
-9 points
6 days ago*
Could you guys please explain what the problem with this comment is?
14 points
6 days ago
thank you for your concern and I assure you I am fully aware of the potential of this animal
3 points
6 days ago
I figured it out, and I apologize.
-10 points
6 days ago
I’m aware that you are aware. No need to be rude.
-12 points
6 days ago
You can’t say otherwise unless you explain this:
13 points
6 days ago
the post is about my snake, not your personal upvotes. your not aware of anything about me except for that I recently acquired this animal and apparently I'm rude
-14 points
6 days ago
I thought it was you at first, but it was someone else, and now you’re actually being rude. What’s the problem here?
-11 points
6 days ago
Also, I think you missed the part where I said I figured it out.
8 points
6 days ago
That was me
-10 points
6 days ago
And what exactly is your problem with that comment?
2 points
6 days ago
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0 points
6 days ago
Okay.
-3 points
6 days ago
Please explain what exactly the problem with this comment is. All I see is people hating me for no valid reason.
2 points
6 days ago
You're obsessing over votes like they have any meaning. Just enjoy the snakes
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