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Old 05-03-2008, 03:38 AM
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Default Royal, How heavy?

Just picked up a new royal this afternoon, had to rearrange the furniture to fit another viv in but he's set up now.
The previous owner told me that he had him for about 2 years so he is about 2.5 yrs old. He is a little smaller than I was expecting. Don't want to stress him by trying to measure him but I weighed him at 400g. Is this about right?
I know males tend to be smaller and my 7yr old female is 2200g so being used to handling her make him seem tiny and I may be worrying for nothing.
I'm interested to find out how much other peoples weigh.
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Old 05-03-2008, 04:05 AM
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Dont weigh any of my snakes so cant help you there but my male 06 is less than 3ft long, i think hes very small for his age, cant post pics as im in work but if you check my posts you will see pics of him.
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Old 05-03-2008, 04:08 AM
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thanks I'll have a look, spent all night setting up and rearranging so haven't had time to take a picture of him yet. I'll try and get one tomorrow.
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not long got an 05 female i was told she was 05 and she is only 647g
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Old 05-03-2008, 08:45 AM
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wow is that all i think my male is an 06 and he weighs 900g
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yep huni i weighed her and badgered who i got her off to double check he is adamnat she is 05 .....my 06 due to be 2yrs old in may is 1.95 kg
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Old 05-03-2008, 09:03 AM
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our male is an 04 and is just over 3 feet long and weighs in at 1100 grammes, in the last 2 weeks he has only just started to eat again since last october..
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i got my royal and he was nder weight and im trying to feed him up but he is not a 100% feeder but he dose usually try.
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my 4 one yr old males are all around 600 to 900 grams, so it does seem a little bit small, but if it doesn't look skinny then it may just be a smaller male,
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my 4 one yr old males are all around 600 to 900 grams, so it does seem a little bit small, but if it doesn't look skinny then it may just be a smaller male,

Agreed, if he feeds fine, and is in a good, overall health, then he may just be a small male.

I've got yearling males hitting a kilo.
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