I don't actually know much about normal growth rates yet. I'm still pretty new to snakes, and the other one I currently have, Whisper, was already 65g when I got her in April. She's up to 101 as of last feeding, which gets a happy dance from me, but of course I don't know how old she is or how she grew when she was small-- she's a rescue too. But very soon I'll be getting a fresh shiny new hatchling and a 2009 girl who was bred by Drizzt80 from this very site, and has been living with him. So I'll get a much better idea of how corns are *supposed* to grow from that, I think. I do know that different snakes grow at different rates, though, even the ones who aren't weirdos like Worm. It could be that the little anery could use more food, but it could also be that your young lady was an especially good grower!
Yeah, I still had Worm on single pinkies because I don't want to power-feed him and risk those health problems, and the Munson Plan suggests that one doesn't take one's snake up to double pinks until he's at 16 grams. But I was wondering whether that might not be the way to pursue this course even before a few other people told me that he looked like he could probably handle two pinkies of the size I have, because his feeding lump is always gone the next day. I think he has a high metabolism, and I have kinda small pinkies. We'll see, but considering what he's been through, I think he's pretty hardy, and will tend toward health.
I love the way he echoes the ring in that picture! I'm quite fond of stripes myself. I hope he doesn't lose them when/if he does grow-- I'd like his pattern to stay!
Ah, I see, well then I think when you get your hatchling that'll definately help you to know more about how quickly they can grow.
I got Tango as just a hatchling, and when I first got her she was about...35cms long, and the reptile store said she was about a month or two old. Now I've had her a year and a half and she's hitting about 120cms, and it seems like she's still going to grow pretty well for a while yet, with her last shed she grew 7cms, and that was a quick one! I kept a diary of her first year, of how often she went into blue phase, shed, ate and how much/what she ate.
I found it useful to keep track of everything, that way I've got a rough guide if I get another hatchling. Maybe that's something you could try?
Well if your guy is getting down pinks that easily I'd definately say try him on two, it's wonderful if he happens to have a high metabolism! That means higher levels of food would be less likely to start rotting in his stomach.
I've never heard of/read the Munson plan, but choosing when to upsize my Amel's meals has always been something I've played by eye. If she settles down straight after a meal to digest then all's well, but if once she's fed she roams around for quite some time afterwards looking for more food, and I can barely see the mouse-shaped lumps in her body, I generally start to think about giving her a bit of a bigger meal. It's worked pretty well for me by far, but maybe if I get another corn they might not be as easy to read as Tango. Personal preference I guess.
I really like that photo, it's well done, makes me wish Tango would be calm enough to stay still for one. :laugh: I'm sure your lovely boy will keep his stripes as he matures, though as he's a snow I don't know entirely how vivid they'll be against him.... I'm curious, has his neck got any yellowing on it at all? White snakes are gorgeous with yellow necks!
I wish you luck with your new snakes, it'd be nice to see some photos of them once you get them, do you know which morphs they are? All this talk of new snakes really makes me want more....
