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Is This A Baby Corn Snake?

just how big do water snakes actually grow to...

and as for the corns they are an average of 3-5ft so iv read from many reliable sources...

but there is another glitch with Talullah and Vincent...
hes a good 3rd bigger than her yet there is less than a week between them.
is there a reason for such size differences? could it be gender?
 
Tula_Montage said:
just how big do water snakes actually grow to...

and as for the corns they are an average of 3-5ft so iv read from many reliable sources...

but there is another glitch with Talullah and Vincent...
hes a good 3rd bigger than her yet there is less than a week between them.
is there a reason for such size differences? could it be gender?
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Size wise, not too dissimilar to corns. Almost 6' at the extreme, 4'-5' more generally. (water snakes in general ... dunno about this species specifically)

Size difference is just down to genetic make up really. I have two '05 hatchlings from last year. Been fed at exactly the same time as each other since they hatched, neither have ever refused, but one hatched (so started eating) two months before the other one. The later hatchling is now the bigger of the two .... they're both male (as far as I can tell).

:shrugs:
 
well its not just "the big man" that works in mysterious ways then huh ;)
tallulah will probably outgrow vincent at some point... i wouldnt be at all surprised.
 
You might look into garters as a legal and very awesome alternative. There are so many different species (many not native to GA, and many in captivity are hybrids anyway), and an incredible number of vivid color and pattern morphs just like corns (try looking up "flame garter snake" some time).

Garters can be fed a balanced diet of fish and worms (remember too much cod or goldfish is bad for snakes) that doesn't require the rodent battle. This does have the negative side effect of stinky poo. Because of their typically smaller size garters can also do very well on a diet of pinky and fuzzy mice. These are awesome because frozen in bulk they are very inexpensive, and look like ugly pink jellybeans. NOTHING like a cute mousie. They don't even have ears and eyes at that point. Feeding pinks makes their poo smell much more tolerable too.

I hate to say this on a corn website, but out of all my snakes my garter is the most favorite. He's very social and elegant. He is diurnal, so all day long he's pressed up against the glass of his viv, frantically "begging" me to hold him when I come into the room instead of sleeping like the corns. When I take him out he calms down and happily coils around my arm or naps in my pocket. He also slithers around with his head off the ground like a little cobra. It's extremely cute! Out of all my snakes the garter by far has the biggest personality. It's very unfortunate that such a wonderful species is so underrated as a companion animal.
 
I love my checkered garter, Zoomer. He was my first snake. As a pet, I like corns better. Although Zoomer is active during the day, so I can see him, he is a hyper, and doesn't like to be held much. Corns are more relaxed and docile to interact with, though you hardly see them during the day. I guess there are pros and cons to both, and it comes down to personal preference. Zoomer eats mostly pinkies now, though he does get an occasional fish.
 
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