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the snakes age

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KEYNA

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hi i just wondering can you tell how old a snake is. their is a pritty nice reversed albino okeetee at the pet shop .i was thinking about getting but thay dont know how old thay are thinking he is 3 years old hes about 4ft 10in a male and very thick it was a breadres snake also i was wondering why would someone not want him no more is it because after a certain age its not good for breading .if he is 3 or4 years old will he keep growing or do thay stop growing at a certain age i herd they grow there hole life thanks, keyna:confused:
 
They don't grow their whole life...why don't you ask the people at the pet shop the approximate age of the corn in question. :)
 
Not be disagreable, but

Snakes do, in fact grow their entire lives. That growth slows down considerably after sexual maturity, and after 5 years or so slows even more so. An older snake will still shed from "girth growth" too, even though they've scarcely gained 2 inches in length. I feed my "seniors" more lightly, males especially have a tendency to get "fat". See Marcel's photos of his big boy for a great example.
Just because it was a breeder's (I assume that was your spelling's intention) does not mean that it is an old timer. I sometimes let prime breeders go because I've held back enough of their progeny and don't need to inbreed.
Unfortunately, snakes "peak" out at all different sizes. I keep locality Okeetees, and some lines top out at four feet, others reach near six. Good luck.
 
your right, they do grow their entire life. I can tell a snakes age bye the size of its eye in comparison to its head, as an eyeball never grows, it stays the same throught life (including us) wher as the head grows, so, hatchlings have very big eyes with a small head, adults have fairly small eyes in comparison to the head.

Adult
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Hatchling
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I still don't get it.

How is the snake's eye is going to be any more of an indicator than the size of the snake?
 
elrojo:

I think if you look at the proportion of the snake eye size to the snake head size, you can tell that the eye doesn't change in size but the head has. There's LoTs more ..snake surrounding the eye of the adult corn, than the baby corn snake - which looks like it has barely any head for that 'huge' eye.

I dont know, it makes sense to me anyway :)
 
size does not = age

I have several five foot corns. One is at least fifteen years old. Some turned four this year. The size of their eyes are no different proportionally. If it's worth it, I'll take some close-up head shots or differently aged adult snakes. Nobody is going to match the ages with the photos, I promise.
 
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