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How much does a "garden variety" adult corn snake weigh; or better yet what is a reasonable range of weight (in grams) for an adult corn snake?


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It depends on the body type of your corn. Much like in people, ideal depends on frame and length (height).

Some 3 foot snakes that never get much larger, may never get heavier than 250 to 300 grams. Some that are 5 feet plus may approach 1000 grams. I'd say average weight for a middle-of-the-road adult would be around 400 grams, give or take several hundred grams.
 
razorback said:
How much does a "garden variety" adult corn snake weigh; or better yet what is a reasonable range of weight (in grams) for an adult corn snake?
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Probably 500 to 600 grams, but with a great deal of variation. My five and a half foot creamsicle weighs 750 to 800 grams, depending on when he last ate.
 
Now there are like 27 grams to an ounce ??,,Man some of you guys have some real BIG corns.I look at mine and it seems like it will take FOREVER for her to hit the 3' mark.Maybe I'll start "loading" her food.Dust her pinkies in METREX :grin01:
 
I've always cut my food items thru the back. The amel wasn't fed that way, but my Okeetees were and they are easily as big as the amel at 3 years old. The amel doesn't get his food cut as I figure he doesn't need any help utilizing his food!
 
MegF,,are you saying your snakes fed on slit food grew at a faster rate ?.Is it better to slit your pinkies ??.
 
I cut them all, from pinkies to adult mice. Yes, I've found that the rate of growth is improved. All snakes are different of course, but I think they gained a larger size more rapidly due to being able to utilize the mouse better. These Okeetees are certainly large. None under 48" and the one male and female are 50 and 49" respectively. They aren't even 3 yet. Minuet, my very small female that is supposed to be the same age as the Okeetees is barely half their size, but she's put on considerable size since I got her. To compare: Minuet was only 18" and 28 grams when I got her. She was supposed to be a late 04' animal. I got her in Sept. of 05' putting her at approx. 1 year old. By comparison, Coatl was about 29" and 146 grams at that age. Over the next year though, Minuet has put a lot on. She was last weighed Oct. 20th of this year, approx. one year later and is 33" and 137 grams. Coatl was weighed in Oct. also and was 50" and 577 grams. Coatl at 6 months weighed more than she did and was a lot larger too. I had him from age 2 months. I know Minuet has other issues going on that has affected her growth. She has a rib anomally so I'm doubtful she'll ever reach any real size at all but she has doubled her length and almost quadrupled her weight since I got her. I think cutting the food has helped her digest them more easily. I believe Connie did a study using different groups and cut the mice for each differently and had one group that didn't get any cuts. The group that had the backs of the mice cut had the largest growth rate out of all the groups.
 
Hm. I cut all my mice because it ups the feeding responce by about 100%! Nice to know it may help my babies grow a bit faster/larger.

Harder, better, faster, makes us stronger!
 
I will be a "cutter" from now on.My snake was on the loose for almost a month,so I think she's got some catching up to do :)
 
Well,,tonight I feed "lucky" her first slit pinkie.Because of her trauma of being on the lose for 29 days, I have been minimizing any and all disturbances.For feeding,,instead of taking her out of her viv,I have fed her inside.The substrate is large enough that she can't accidentally swallow a piece with her food.
So,,on a small square of thin cardboard,I place her meal.I put it out side the hide she in,and she comes out to feast.
Tonight's meal was a slit pinkie.A bit,no,,MUCH bloodier than the normal offering,but sucked down just the same.It was fun because after the pinkie was down she kept smelling the blood on the cardboard.I was almost afraid she was going to strike at it :eek1:
OK MegF.,,I'm an official "slitter" now,,but still need a little guidance.How much/deep do you slit ?,,I know I don't want it to end up in two pieces,but how deep should I be going,,past the ribs(comming in from the back),or just through the skin ??.
 
Not Meg, but here is Connie Hurley's recommendation per the earlier thread posted...

"Heh, I've never cut them lengthwise though I have heard some people say they do. With them thawed, it's just much easier for me to make snips down the back with small sharp scissors and that's been my standard practice. When I compared 4 snips to 2 snips with cavity puncture (chest) and with just 2 snips, there was a little variation, but not much. 4 snips > 2 snips with cavity puncture > 2 snips. This isn't surprising as you'd expect better digestion, the more surface area you provide (the more access to inner tissues you provide)."
 
I don't slit either. I just make little crosswise snips down the back in a row as Ginger does. I have a pair of small sewing scissors that I use to do the job and make 4 or 5 small snips just penetrating the dermis. Depends upon the size of the prey. A really small pinky would probably just need a couple to do the trick.
 
MegF. said:
I don't slit either. I just make little crosswise snips down the back in a row as Ginger does. I have a pair of small sewing scissors that I use to do the job and make 4 or 5 small snips just penetrating the dermis. Depends upon the size of the prey. A really small pinky would probably just need a couple to do the trick.
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I think I can get three on a pinky. I use a small nailsize boxcutter myself, mainly because my daughter works at the local grocery store and has left them laying all over the place, so I just laid claim to one of them :)
 
Thanks guys.For my first time I made one long slit,from the back of the head,down to the tail.Maybe a bit less next time :rolleyes:
 
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