Weights for yearling snakes

[Hail_Britannia]

So, Cornwallis is about a year old now, and has grown TREMENDOUSLY from the little 6 gram wormlet he was when we got him. In fact, I'm worried he's a bit too tremendous. When we weighed him tonight, the scale read 170 grams! I'm not an expert, but that seems like an awful lot to me. He doesn't have "hips" or visible fatty deposits, but I'm still wondering if I should cut down on his food. We've been following the Munson Plan, except that I've been feeding him multiple fuzzies instead of bumping him up to weanlings or small adults because we still have a a LOT of fuzzies left (with only two snakes, it takes us a while to get through a package). He's getting about 18-20 grams worth of mouse once a week. Does this seem like too much?

I know this is highly variable, but how much should a yearling snake usually weigh? Does anyone else have yearlings that are approaching the 200 gram mark? It's worth noting that Cornwallis is an eating machine who never refuses a meal, ever, not even in deep blue. Any thoughts?

 

[95zclx]

wow, he's ABOUT a year old? like just over or just under a year old?

Sonja just turned a year old on 7/22 and she weighs in at 89g (on 7/25).
I started charting her weight on 12/21/09 at 18g.
I have been using the Munson plan as a guide, but not following it to the letter.
I still feed her one hopper (about 8-9g) every Sunday.
she has never refused a meal either, she has skipped a meal for being in blue, but never more than one meal gets skipped.

she is perfectly healthy/active.
I also dont want her to be a monster snake either.
I have one hopper left, then I might step up a size.

 

[ShenziSixaxis]

Pictures?

Also, different corns grow at different speeds.

 

[K. Rene]

Yeah my little cozmo is an '09 just turned a year old today and he is only 20g
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102463

He has eaten a pinky a week since I got him in March, I don't know how he was fed before I got him, but I think he is just a slow starter lol

My other '09s are in the 30g range. Wonder if they grow slower on the west coast? lol

 

[requin]

Kaa just turned a year old on the 12th and he weighed in at 96g today! Georgia is about the same age and still weighs around 40g, but she had a slow start.

 

[w00dg0blin]

Mine just turned over a year and is weighing in at 113g. As far as I can tell he's a hypo normal. Do different morphs have different growth rates and sizes?

 

[bkelm18]

Mine hit the 100g mark around his 1st b-day.

 

[Nanci]

That's about how big Zora, my biggest 2009 is. The smallest is Razzle, who had a double regurge in January. He's 40 grams. His sister who started out about the same size is about 70 grams- she's the second smallest 2009.

 

[Hail_Britannia]

Well, we got him in early August last year and he was a few weeks old then, so I can't remember exactly when his birthday is. It's also possible that our scale is off....I'll try to get pictures in a few days after he digests.

 

[BigBass10]

I have a pair of 1.1 09' AMELS 66% HET OPAL, BLOODRED AND STRIPE that pipped in may. They are now 1.0 = 178g and 0.1 162g. I have followed the munson plan for weight of mice to feed but too have sometimes fed multiple mice to make the weight. They are not over weight (no hips). They are healthy and happy (so I think and hope). The only meal that was ever refused was one that I tried when the female was in blue. The male will feed in blue. I have charted their weights and feedings from the first feeding.

 

[Shiari]

Vanay, a may-09er, is probably a hundred grams now. The snakes I got at the july reptile expo here in 2009, as well as Mallien, are all around 40 grams I believe.

 

[WingedSweetheart]

My bubblegum just turned a year old on July 25 and she weighs 108 grams. I don't believe she is over weight.

Here is a picture of her:

 

[admitchell08]

Two of my yearlings are about 35g. And then I have another that is 170g...