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Snake approx age

Beyonkah

Beyonkah

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I sort of rescued my Sara snake from a lady whose son had moved away to college. She had no idea what to do with this snake and when I went to go pick up, living conditions were terrible.
Sara is over 5 feet long and beautiful. Also she loves to swim.
Is there any way to tell how old a corn snake may be? Perhaps by counting the saddles or something?
 
She's an adult. I'm going to say 6-8 years of age, since she was the son's snake, and the son has left for college.
 
Ok. Thank you!
Actually the story line seems like she has been moved from place to place over the years.
I don't plan on giving her up for adoption :p She ended up becoming my birthday present, yey!
 
I just guessed that the son was probably 10 or 12 when he asked for a snake. The snake is five feet long- so she's not a younger adult.
 
TheFrogman said:
How the heck do you figure that out with that information ? LOL

You never cease to amaze me.
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I know, right? She is amazing. But she is right, 10-12 is the right age for a kid to be wanting a snake, then they can't/won't take it to college. They become "disposable" pets at that point, and I agree with you, Beyonkah, they need to be "rescued". That is how I got my last three scale babies. And I made a vow to each of the people that turned them over to me that I was their forever home.

Good for you to rescue too!
 
Same way I got my Cheerio. The gone off to college kid's dad said the "kid" had her for 7 years and they didn't want to keep a snake around for themselves after he left for school. I think that was in 2002, my wife says 2001. Either way Cheerio is a big old amel.
 
smigon said:
I know, right? She is amazing. But she is right, 10-12 is the right age for a kid to be wanting a snake, then they can't/won't take it to college. They become "disposable" pets at that point, and I agree with you, Beyonkah, they need to be "rescued". That is how I got my last three scale babies. And I made a vow to each of the people that turned them over to me that I was their forever home.

Good for you to rescue too!
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There are a lot of disposable pets. There are a lot of life changes. A kid growing up and going to college. A person being stuck with cancer. Onset of mental disease. Loss of job and loss of home. It is good to try to be a forever home to the animals that come into our lives. It is also good to know when your home is no longer what meets the needs of the pet best. Fortunately, this lady knew that someone else could take better care of the pet than she could. Nanci is a genius.
 
Y'all are so awesome and filled with so much knowledge!
Nanci is amazing, no doubt. She knew just from a few bits of info how old my sweet girl is:)
Thank you again Nanci!!!
 
Both of our snakes came from exactly that situation.

My 9 yr old insists she's not going to college if she can't take her snakes with her. One of the herpetologists we've met says that she's had a few student pets living in her lab or office for similar reasons-and that if Alli really wants to take her snakes with her, she just needs to talk to the biology department when she does campus visits in a few years.

Of course, I may fight her for custody...
 
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