Hi guys. My wife bought me a cornsnake for my birthday on November 2nd. He was around 14/15 inches when I got him. No idea how old he is because she got him from petsmart. I would guess a few months old. He has eaten every 5 days since then and is growing like a weed. He will eat right in front of me as soon as I drop the pinky in which I was glad of. I have him in a 10 gallon critter cage with UTH. I am going to bump up to 20 gallon first of the year. 4 days ago his eyes turned gray for two days then back to normal. Then, yesterday when i went to check on him, I found a perfectly intact shed skin. I was pumped! You could see his pattern, eyes and all. He is very easy to handle and seems to be the perfect pet corn snake right now. I will post a picture b/c I don't really know what morph he is. He is red, gray and black with some beige outlines. Does anyone have any idea how old he might be. His shed skin was 17 inches long. I have him eating one pinky every 5 days.
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New Cornsnake owner in SC.....
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jlindp
Ophidiophile.
Welcome to the forums! Your wife is most excellent for giving you a snake for your birthday! Aren't they the best? Snakes, I mean. xD
And sounds like you're doing a good job! You can't tell the age of a snake just by size alone, unfortunately. They grow in proportion to how they're fed. Also, gauging size from a shed skin won't work either, as the skin stretches quite a bit when it's being sloughed off.
Can't wait to see pictures! :} Sounds like maybe he's a Normal, though, from your description...
And sounds like you're doing a good job! You can't tell the age of a snake just by size alone, unfortunately. They grow in proportion to how they're fed. Also, gauging size from a shed skin won't work either, as the skin stretches quite a bit when it's being sloughed off.
Can't wait to see pictures! :} Sounds like maybe he's a Normal, though, from your description...
AshleyShadows
It piss me so bad.
Picture will help us tell age!
And congrats on the new baby, and welcome to the forums! It's nice to hear that your snake is a good eater, and a nice pet at that!
And congrats on the new baby, and welcome to the forums! It's nice to hear that your snake is a good eater, and a nice pet at that!
Thanks!
Thanks for the replies. I'm definately thinking about trying to feed it two pinkies next feeding. I fed it one pinky last night and he downed it in about 30 seconds and looked like he was searching for food after. The pinkie I gave is barely the diameter of him so I think he could down two. Do you think this is too risky to try and feed two or should I give it a shot? He eats within two seconds of me dropping the mouse in.
Thanks for the replies. I'm definately thinking about trying to feed it two pinkies next feeding. I fed it one pinky last night and he downed it in about 30 seconds and looked like he was searching for food after. The pinkie I gave is barely the diameter of him so I think he could down two. Do you think this is too risky to try and feed two or should I give it a shot? He eats within two seconds of me dropping the mouse in.
Saffleur
Squamata Serpentes
Snakes are opportunistic eaters so if you put a second one in there he'll probably eat it. Sounds like a second pink won't hurt none. Your prey should be the width to 1 1/2 the width of the snake so you're doing fine. He'll be on fuzzies in no time.
Congrats on the new snake
Nanci
Alien Lover
I know how old he is! He's a 2009!! That's about as accurate as you're going to get...Mostly to decide what size prey to feed a snake we go by a rule of thumb that says you feed a prey that is no more than 1.5 times the diameter of the snake at its widest point. A more accurate way is to weigh the snake and then use the Munson Plan feeding guide.