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02-20-12, 06:44 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
She was so frusterated, to the point were she was trying to shuv it in but having the mouse standing up on the ground her her holding her self up above it hitting it on the ground LOL but she didnt give up lol
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02-20-12, 06:56 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Bella did great!!  Congrats Kylie!
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02-20-12, 06:56 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
lol, sounds like my BP sometimes.
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02-20-12, 07:11 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
I think she got so excited she just didnt care what end she took, this was her firs adult mouse, she lached onto it unlike the hoppers i fed last!
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02-20-12, 09:20 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Oh wow thats crazy, i measured bellas shed and it was 4ft long!!!! and he is GORGEOUS!
... all black? LOVE IT
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02-20-12, 09:26 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Shed skins get very stretched in the process of shedding. So it's not an accurate length of the snake.
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02-20-12, 10:32 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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Oh wow thats crazy, i measured bellas shed and it was 4ft long!!!! and he is GORGEOUS!
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Shed skins get very stretched in the process of shedding. So it's not an accurate length of the snake.
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Thats good to know, about how much do they stretch? i measured his first shed when i got him and it was 25", he looks a bit shorter than that, ive seen him stretch out along his whole tank and take up 3/4 of it and its 30" long *shrug*
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02-20-12, 10:53 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
You're welcome! whats his name?
id still say she is about 3 1/2-4 ft long....
BUT, how exactly are you suposta measure a snake? lol they dont ussualy stay stretched completely out!
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02-20-12, 10:57 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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You're welcome! whats his name?
id still say she is about 3 1/2-4 ft long....
BUT, how exactly are you suposta measure a snake? lol they dont ussualy stay stretched completely out!
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A good technique is to get a piece of string... use the string to "trace" the snake on its back... then measure the string 
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02-20-12, 11:12 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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You're welcome! whats his name?
id still say she is about 3 1/2-4 ft long....
BUT, how exactly are you suposta measure a snake? lol they dont ussualy stay stretched completely out!
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His names Genghis, his dad was almost 7 feet.. i cant believe how big hes going to get 
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A good technique is to get a piece of string... use the string to "trace" the snake on its back... then measure the string |
i had to, he was out of his hide so he had it coming!
looks like hes just over 24 inches..
Then i compared it to this.. i figured it'd be worth a try.
put a ruler near your snake, then take a picture of it relatively straight, and follow directions, he came out to "23.91" inches
so looks to be relatively accurate!
Serpwidgets - Snake Measurer
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Last edited by Skumbo; 02-20-12 at 11:22 PM..
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02-21-12, 07:37 AM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
The sheds can stretch anywhere between 10-20%, but if it should get wet for example then it can stretch a lot more.
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02-21-12, 08:23 AM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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The sheds can stretch anywhere between 10-20%, but if it should get wet for example then it can stretch a lot more.
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sound about right then, his shed was 25" when i first got him, and hes grown a few inches, so he was probably ~22 inches then, i noticed its definitely "springy" as well, you can stretch it out a bit if you try to, lol!
I mean.. unless you need/want an exact measurement you could always just measure the shed and subtract ~15%, or use the thing i linked
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02-21-12, 08:24 AM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
The easiest way to measure a snake is to place them against a wall. The will almost always stretch out along the wall and then you can measure them.
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02-21-12, 12:49 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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The easiest way to measure a snake is to place them against a wall. The will almost always stretch out along the wall and then you can measure them.
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not one of mine does this unfortunately, stubborn buggers...
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02-21-12, 09:43 AM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Because we are not overly worried about sizes of our snakes we dont measure or weigh them, we judge their lengths by handling them and guestimating.
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