Ok, my corn was born 8-16-08, I got her on 3-6-10. The first time she shed for me was 3-31-10. On 3-31 she was just 25.5 inches and 49 grams. Her next shed was 5-10-10 and she was at 33.5 inches and 65 grams. She shed for me again tonight after I got home and was at only 34 inches (I will weigh her tomorrow to give her a bit to relax after shed) I guess my question is why she only grew a half inch? A friend told me it was because the size of her viv (10gal tank) was too small. I bought a 20L 'critter cage' almost a whole month ago, but have been working so much I haven't had enough time off to make sure the temps and everything were going to be steady as I only have one thermostat and two different size UTH's they won't keep the same temp from my repti-temp. She's on 7 day feeding schedule and has been getting 2 fuzzies (last time was 2 fuzzies for a total of 13.6 grams) and going to move to single hoppers tomorrow I think. Is this ok? also is the small tank why she has not grown in length? sorry for the long post....
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Question about length
- Thread starter insomniac
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yep I always measure the shed skin and not the snake herself. I didn't know that should not be used to measure.
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omni
antiunresemiretirismic
serpwidgets has a freeware snake measuring program you can plug in a photo and get a decently accurate length of you snakes. It's pretty easy to use - http://serpwidgets.com/Apps/measure.html
wretchedprocess
New member
My snow corn is at about the same weight and length as yours. He's only shed once while he's lived with me (the time before was the day before I got him), and, while I haven't been carefully monitoring his length, I don't think it's changed much since I got him home. I suspect that our guys might be at about the stage where they start to grow in girth a little faster than in length. Whisper's still got the rangy adolescent corn body, and since the weight and length are the same (I measured my shed too), it sounds like your girl does as well. Depending on weight, it could be that. After all, she hasn't got far to go before she reaches a normal adult length, and she should end up weighing a lot more in proportion by then!
From what I have read, corn snakes don't really "grow to fit the enclosure", they just grow as long as they're going to. And certainly Whisper was in a *much* smaller box at the rescue where I got him, and he had grown there to almost where he is now. He's in a 29-gallon long tank at the moment, but I doubt it's going to push him up to six feet any time soon. A 10-gallon tank is probably a mite small for your girl, but I don't think it would have significantly affected her growth.
From what I have read, corn snakes don't really "grow to fit the enclosure", they just grow as long as they're going to. And certainly Whisper was in a *much* smaller box at the rescue where I got him, and he had grown there to almost where he is now. He's in a 29-gallon long tank at the moment, but I doubt it's going to push him up to six feet any time soon. A 10-gallon tank is probably a mite small for your girl, but I don't think it would have significantly affected her growth.
EsotericForest
Night Shadow
I would focus more on the weight of the snake than the length of the snake. I just use a small kitchen scale to get a weight.
Thanks for all the info... I'll be feeding her tonight then she's going to be moving into the 20L critter cage after she digests. I'll start worrying more about her weight over length. And Omni, thanks for that measuring program link, that looks really cool.. I'm going to give it a shot.
EsotericForest
Night Shadow
A 10 gallon is alright when they're young, but they do need at least a 20 gallon...and to me even that's a little small.