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Predicting adult size of a yearling

ScottyK

ScottyK

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I am trying to work out the size of a multiple snake housing unit I want to build for my living room. I want it to comfortably house my snakes as full adults. I have an 11 month old male 2004 Crimson that I have pictured below. He is much larger than my other two snakes of the same approximate age. I used Serpwidgets to determine that he is already 34" and thickly built. Any educated guesses on how big he'll eventually get?

BTW- He was "not" powerfed in any way, and is on the same "appropriate meal every 7 days" regimin that my other snakes are on. Any insight would be appreciated....

Thanks,
Scott
 

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All of my adults are in 28qt containers. The sub-adults are in 12qt containers. The 28qt sterilites take up the same room (sideways) as two 12qt sterilites.

Plan accordingly that all adults will be in 28qt sterilites.
 
Cool! Thanks Joe...

I think the cages I am building will actually be a bit bigger than those, and should still work if he turns out on the large side.

Thanks Again,
Scott
 
ScottyK said:
Cool! Thanks Joe...

I think the cages I am building will actually be a bit bigger than those, and should still work if he turns out on the large side.

Thanks Again,
Scott
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I've got a 50" adult male in a 28qt--and he seems fine. Granted a little over 4' isn't the biggest snake in the world...
 
Joejr14 said:
I've got a 50" adult male in a 28qt--and he seems fine.
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I took the above pic of himin a 28qt, and was using it as a benchmark for my minimum size. It seems that many experienced keepers consider them big enough for the average adult corn.

My plans are slightly larger only because I have a specific area I want to place the enclosure, and there was some extra room there. I just wanted to be sure that the 28qt was also considered roomy enough for a snake that seems like he's going to be on the large side.
 
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