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Could the size of an encloser effect on snake's growth?

marinneli

marinneli

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The topic says it all: could the size of an encloser effect on snake's growth?

Meaning that...if a snake is kept for example in a baby viv for too long but fed properly, could a too small viv make it grow slower or even stop growing?


I know fish don't grow properly if kept in a too small tank - no matter how you feed them. And they might stop growing for good. But is it the same with snakes?


I have a 20 gallon viv for a baby/sub-adult, and the next step would be a permanent 170 gallons. I'm just wondering which would be better: to keep the baby longer in the small viv so it's certainly big enough to move in the big viv - or take a risk and move the baby to the big viv as soon as the smaller one gets too small.
 
No. The size of the enclosure has no effect on the growth of the snake. It will just keep growing, granted it is being fed regularly. And I also do believe a 20 gallon long would suffice for an adult corn snake!
 
The size won't affect a snake. The reason why fish stunt is because of hormones released into the water that act as a sort of "don't outgrow your only place to live"-meter. Snakes, on the other hand, live on land and so have the potential to roam vast distances.
 
EmJagsz said:
No. The size of the enclosure has no effect on the growth of the snake. It will just keep growing, granted it is being fed regularly. And I also do believe a 20 gallon long would suffice for an adult corn snake!
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Stars said:
I don't think 20gal is too small but I think 170gal is too big!
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Never said it'd be a cornsnake... ;)

And the 170gal is higher than wide, so the snake has suitable land area plus an opportunity to climb higher than "normally". Oh, and I'm considering an arboreal specie, so no cornsnake.
 
if its not corn snake related then it should go into 'general chit chat' :) That is why it was assumed you were talking about a corn snake :)
 
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