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| frambo |
Posted - 04/12/2011 : 13:58:38
Just wondering today, since they can live up 30+ years, who has the oldest on TRP?
Mine's 6 months... can you beat that? :p |
| 17 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| n/a |
Posted - 08/12/2011 : 12:59:53
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Originally posted by markmifsud
thats a good link, but I am not sure about the care sheet they have, recommending glass tanks, daily misting with water, and even suggesting a fogger.
Urrgh??? Damn I never read the caresheet - just googled for royal lifespan. If I'd realised I'd have said the same as you - what do they think the poor little devils are? Frogs?? |
| jonoandapril |
Posted - 08/12/2011 : 11:18:52
both my royals are quite young... my oldest is a an cb09 corn. the captive life span means il be well into my thirtys and still looking after the snakes i have! weird when ya think about it... |
| markmifsud |
Posted - 08/12/2011 : 11:10:59
thats a good link, but I am not sure about the care sheet they have, recommending glass tanks, daily misting with water, and even suggesting a fogger. |
| jhk2005 |
Posted - 08/12/2011 : 09:34:30
my oldest is patty (born 2005) and my youngest is leo (july this year, awww) ;) |
| Lotabob |
Posted - 07/12/2011 : 00:26:27
Goodness me, my snakes are going to outlive me. |
| Tawfik47 |
Posted - 06/12/2011 : 22:39:58
Nice link BATS. |
| frambo |
Posted - 05/12/2011 : 22:18:32
In fact 48 years in captivity after being captured as an adult! WOW!!! |
| n/a |
Posted - 05/12/2011 : 22:15:58
http://lllreptile.com/info/library/animal-care-sheets/snakes/-/ball-python/
Read the bit on 'longevity' - there's a royal alleged to have been 48 years old when it died in Philadelphia zoo!
Lol - at that rate some of our royals will be qualifying for bus passes some day ... |
| mystra |
Posted - 05/12/2011 : 21:38:39
oooh yes, i'd love to hear about some royals in 'retirement' haha... maybe they go to a nice old snakeys home... where the rats are nice and soft for their false teeth! |
| Tawfik47 |
Posted - 05/12/2011 : 18:56:43
Interesting topic !! i've owned Blitz for 8 month, but i know the my cousin (in Czech) own a royal since i was a kid, let say 20 years ago. |
| frambo |
Posted - 05/12/2011 : 18:09:15
So far the biggest RP I've seen online is Brian Gundy's which is about 20 years old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NV7Ps7wW5vI
Given that his 20 year old ways in at 5000, and that they never stop growing, I wonder if in actual fact they can get much bigger than we think, just no one has owned one long enough to find out?
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| blackskull |
Posted - 05/12/2011 : 18:00:48
i can only guess at the age of my oldest, sully. i bought him as an adult 7yrs ago so around 10 11 ish |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 05/12/2011 : 12:17:04
I estimate Scar at about 15 years old but since he was wild caught I can't make an accurate guess. We know he was adult when he was caught and we know he's been in captivity for 11 years now :) |
| Lorraine |
Posted - 05/12/2011 : 07:06:04
Mine certainly isn't the oldest, he's only about 9 months. Sounds funny thinking about a snake in its 'teens' lol. |
| n/a |
Posted - 04/12/2011 : 22:41:01
You know I've been thinking that. The majority of us seem to have either 2010 or 2011 royals, with a sprinkling of people who've been at it a bit longer. I got my first and youngest royal, Shahi, in 2010; the others are secondhand adults.
I wonder if it's that a lot of people with a new royal come on to the forum for guidance, as I did, and then eventually drift away once they find what they need ...
I think herp keeping IS a comparatively new hobby (sorry - amendment, it isn't a NEW hobby, it's the boom in popularity of the hobby that's 'new.') though, although about 13 years ago when I moved here, the people next door were looking after a young royal python. She'll be in her teens now. |
| frambo |
Posted - 04/12/2011 : 22:28:25
That's really interesting Bats, it suggests that either there are a bunch of people with old snakes that don't come on here or it means that keeping Royals as a hobby only started off in the last 20 odd years. Primarily my reasons for asking. |
| n/a |
Posted - 04/12/2011 : 14:49:28
I think on here it has to be Margwar who has a snake in its teens - and Kelf's Scar is teenage too. Don't know who's the oldest there.
My eldest is Surahi, an '06, though I've only had her a year. |
