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Old 10-09-2018, 05:02 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Twolunger View Post
Size is not an indication of age. Nutrients and frequency of feeding have a major impact on size and weight. I've seen pictures of young corns that were fed so often that they appeared to be young ball pythons. I've also see examples of older corns barely kept alive with infrequent feeding.

You will need a good gram scale both to weigh your corn snake and also to weigh the prey items. Search for info on the Munson feeding plan, and you will see general guidelines on feeding. Most of us use that plan.
I agree with this and have always used the Munson feeding plan, mainly because I'm not great at eyeballing an appropriate size and it makes ordering online easy. The gram scales aren't expensive but do get one that has a good range so you don't have to have multiple scales. I want to be able to weigh a 2 gram pinky as well as my largest snake.

On a side note - does anyone know what happened to Munson? I always enjoyed chatting with Dean.

Good Luck!

-Tonya