Python Reticulatus "Selayar Island' Adult breeding couple.

[dave himself]

Stunning pair of Wild-types mate are you planning on breeding these soon

[Tsubaki]

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

Nice pair! Is Misa smaller than Kira, or does she just look smaller because she's of a more delicate build?

Thx BSG, Misa is smaller than Kira. She is 11,5ft and 5 year old, Kira bulked up between his 5 and his 6th year and grew over a foot, he suddenly looked twice as big as he did when he was 5. She could easily still grow bigger/heavier as well. I never consider a retic fully grown before they're 6 years old at least.

Kira currently is nearly 14ft, turning 9 this year. On 'average' Selayars grow between 11,5ft and 15ft.. So at this moment, Misa is on the low end of the scale, and Kira closer to the far end especially being a male. Just shows, they're only 'averages' and there have to be animals going above and below to get those averages. Selayars are called dwarves, but like I have said many times before there are more sizes than just SD / Dwarf / Mainland. I would call these Large island forms myself, they can grow beyond the 'manageable for 1 person' size that a lot of 'dwarfs' are..

Originally Posted by dave himself

Stunning pair of Wild-types mate are you planning on breeding these soon

I plan to breed these once my snakeroom is finished, the female will turn 6 this year which is breeding age but just in case I get stuck with some babies, I want my snakeroom finished with a proper babyrack. Selayars might be dwarves but they aren't exactly the smallest type of dwarves, don't want to get stuck with any without proper housing.

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by Tsubaki

Thx BSG, Misa is smaller than Kira. She is 11,5ft and 5 year old, Kira bulked up between his 5 and his 6th year and grew over a foot, he suddenly looked twice as big as he did when he was 5. She could easily still grow bigger/heavier as well. I never consider a retic fully grown before they're 6 years old at least.

Kira currently is nearly 14ft, turning 9 this year. On 'average' Selayars grow between 11,5ft and 15ft.. So at this moment, Misa is on the low end of the scale, and Kira closer to the far end especially being a male. Just shows, they're only 'averages' and there have to be animals going above and below to get those averages. Selayars are called dwarves, but like I have said many times before there are more sizes than just SD / Dwarf / Mainland. I would call these Large island forms myself, they can grow beyond the 'manageable for 1 person' size that a lot of 'dwarfs' are..

Sounds good! Didn't know if my eyes were playing tricks on me. haha Kira is definitely a big male, it's why I don't really rely on sexes if I want a smaller snake. Averages may be average, but there's just too big of a chance for a male to get bigger than you expect.