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Size of corn snake

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LittlePrince

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I got my corn snake when it was about 3 months old, according to the breeder who bred them in his own home. I have had my baby corn for about a month or so now. So it's 4-5 months old.

My question is regarding size. I have seen people comment on here about their year old snakes only being a foot long... but my baby snake is already 14.5 inches. Is it normal for my snake to be that big? I am feeding f/t pinkie mice about once every 5 days. (my snake gets a little aggressive if it's been more than five days since last feeding.)

I have a creamsicle corn, which I've read means that it is a corn/rat cross. I know that both parents were corns, though. In any case, how large should I expect my snake to grow to and how quickly? I ask because I currently have it in a ten gallon and won't be able to get a larger tank for a little while now.
 
Corns grow at different rates. I'm guessing yours will grow out of the 10gal in about a year. You can find 20 long tanks on craigslist for a great price quite frequently if you look.
 
I am feeding f/t pinkie mice about once every 5 days.
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At that age it's normal to feed one pinky every 5 days. If you're giving more than one at a time then it follows that your snake will grow faster.

It's a snake's instinct to always be seeking food when it isn't digesting, so don't be led into "feeding on demand" by trying to interpret its behaviour. Just because it acts like it needs to be fed, doesn't mean that's actually a good thing for it. Over-fed snakes can develop health problems and have shortened lives.
 
Well, I worry because lately my snake has been aggressive on days directly after it has finished digesting and I don't want to risk my snake zooming away from me because it is being defensive.
 
I don't want to risk my snake zooming away from me because it is being defensive.
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Well, that's kind of a natural behaviour for a baby. You can calm it down a bit with regular handling. You're not really past the "getting to know you" stage yet.

At the moment you're conditioning it that when you handle it, it's going to get food. It's not going to get used to the fact that you'll sometimes be picking it up on days when there won't be a mouse for it. It may be going into feeding mode whenever you approach it.
 
I have a creamsicle corn, which I've read means that it is a corn/rat cross. I know that both parents were corns, though.
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It can't be a creamsicle if both parents are "pure" corns. At least one of the parents would have to be a corn/great plains rat cross.

I got my corn snake when it was about 3 months old, according to the breeder who bred them in his own home. I have had my baby corn for about a month or so now. So it's 4-5 months old.
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Most corn snakes hatch in the summer (usually in July). It is highly unlikely that your snake is 5 months old - corn snakes usually aren't even laying eggs in March.

I have seen people comment on here about their year old snakes only being a foot long...
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Baby corn snakes are usually 9-14 inches long upon hatching. If a corn was a year old and only a foot long, it probably has some serious health issues.

It sounds like the person you purchased the snake from didn't give you accurate information.
 
The snake was really tiny when I bought it about a month ago so maybe the guy was a month or so off about when it was hatched? So my corn is probably more like 3-4 months old then? I know for a fact that my baby corn had already had at least two or three meals prior to me getting it and some of its siblings had already had sheds. My corn had not recently shed when I got it and still has not shed at all while I've had it. Is that something I should be concerned with?

One of the parents was a creamsicle. I don't know what the other parent snake was except that it was a corn.
 
Corn snakes usually shed about a week after hatching. If one of the parents was a creamsicle then all the offspring would be hybrids (great plains rat X corn snake). If the snake you have is an amel, then it is a creamsicle.
 
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