Size issue

[snakes88]

on the internet people say their 3 year old snake is pushing 5 feet and what not, but my 3 year old female Sunglow motely is not even 3 feet. i dont know if she is just small or if i am doing something wrong.

[susang]

on the internet people say their 3 year old snake is pushing 5 feet and what not, but my 3 year old female Sunglow motely is not even 3 feet. i dont know if she is just small or if i am doing something wrong.

How much does she weigh? The 'rule of thumb' for breeding is 3 ft, 300 grams and 3 years old. What are you feeding her and how often?

[djfreebase]

5 feet for a 3 year old corn sounds like a exaggeration to say the least. corn snake growth dose vary from snake to snake, but i have a 3 year ol Amel and she is 40 inchs.

[snakes88]

i dont know how much she weighs, or know how to get her weight. but i feed her 2 fuzzies every week

[djfreebase]

Fuzzies are proberly a little bit t small for a 3 year old corn snake. My three year olds are eating full grown mice once a week.

[Joejr14]

i dont know how much she weighs, or know how to get her weight. but i feed her 2 fuzzies every week

That's probably why she's only 3 feet....

[susang]

i dont know how much she weighs, or know how to get her weight. but i feed her 2 fuzzies every week

I don't power feed but my one year olds are eating sm. feeder mice or 2 hoppers. Anything over 2 years is eating a full grown feeder or 2 sm. feeders, once a week. My biggest snake gets a weanling rat every ten days. I would suggest the Munson plan but without weights it would be hard. hope this helps, susang

[snakes88]

sorry, she is actually 2 years old

[susang]

At two years she should be eating bigger then fuzzies.

[snakes88]

what should i feed?

[susang]

start with hoppers/weanlings, then move up to feeder size gradually.

[snakes88]

would petco be good for just testing out how big she can eat before buying in bulk?

[susang]

would petco be good for just testing out how big she can eat before buying in bulk?

while a 2 year old snake should be able to eat a feeder mouse, you can't just jump from fuzzie to feeder. I don't shop at Petco so I have no idea what they have. Try a Mom and Pop store, starting with hoppers/ weanlings and move up. I raise my own mice so I'm not familiar with the on-line mice either. I just wouldn't buy in bulk now wait until your snake is up to feeders.

[ghosthousecorns]

If the snake is small for a 2 year old, ignore its age and go by this rule - Give it a food item that is 1 1/2 times the girth of the snake. There really isn't any rule this age should eat this size because the snake may have been kept on a maintenance diet, it will catch up eventually but you will do more harm than good trying to rush its growth because you think it should already be a certain size. Without a picture and weight it is simply not possible to say what size it should be eating.
I have an 06 snake that you would think was 07 to look at... He was small when I got him. I'm letting him grow at his own rate.

[ZoologyMajor]

You need to get a digital scale that shows grams. One that will zero out the container weight is best but not necessary. I got mine from Walmart. The amount you feed is generally based on their weight. My one and a half year old is eating (or will be after i get my mouse delivery) 1 weaned every week.

[snakes88]

she is 85 grams. i am told she was the runt

[wax32]

At 85 grams I'd feed her a hopper every five or six days for a bit. Then move her up to weaned once a week.

[snakes88]

will she start to grow once i move her up to the hoppers-weanling-and feeders?
also, how long should i stay at each interval to make sure i am not going to fast?

[wax32]

The Munson Plan:

-Single pinks (2-3g) every 4-5 days. (Snake = 4-15g)
-Double pinks (3g x 2) every 4-5 days. (Snake = 16-23g)
-Small fuzzies (5-7g) every 5-6 days. (Snake = 24-30g)
-Regular fuzzies (7-9g) every 5-6 days (Snake = 30-50g)
-Hoppers (9-12g) every 5-6 days (Snake = 51-90g)
-Weaned (14-20g) every 7 days (Snake = 91-170g)
-Adult (24-30g) every 7-x days (Snake = 170+)
-Jumbo Adults (40-50g) every 7-x days (Snake = 400g+)

[snakes88]

thanks for all of your help, i just got a new snake and my addiction grew and i realized that she probably be bigger, i will post a pic of her soon

[snakes88]

*i realized that my older one should be bigger

[snakes88]

here are the pics

[ghosthousecorns]

There's nothing in the picture to really compare her with... could you put a cd in there or something? But my gut feeling when I looked at the pic was the snake looks like a healthy 2 year old not too skinny not too fat... you must be doing something right :)

[snakes88]

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