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Primrose22
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 22/04/2012 : 15:04:57
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Hi there, hope you are well and have a good weekend.
Was down at the pet shop oggling over the little corns and continuing my research by asking a million questions to the guy there and he claimed that the corns on sale would only grow to about 2 ft which contradicts everything i have read about them so far. I pointed out to the guy that on the snake cabinet there was a poster which said they could grow to 1.8m but he insisted that these ones would never reach that size...
Has any one heard of this, "dwarf" corns? I later met in the same shop a reptile loving lady who said hers at home measures 7 ft, and that they just carry on growing when given excellent care and good feeding., so now i am confused.
Thanks for help
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Mamma
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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ashby_steve
Hatchling
United Kingdom
258 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2012 : 15:32:38
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definatley not unless you seriously neglect them when it comes to food!
7ft on the other hand sounds a bit sheepish also lol
most corns reach around 4-5 foot which sounds huge but they are rarely stretched out in a big line
and when curled up the look quite small (compared to some snakes!) |
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
6129 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2012 : 16:46:56
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2ft and 7ft sound off to me! I guess a corn hybrid of some sort may get 7ft maybe if fed loads?
The smallest corn I have is 3ft 8" and shes like 12 or 13 years old. and shes under size due to laying eggs at a too young of an age, my 13 year old lad is 5ft, maybe a tad bigger. |
   
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smart bunny
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5091 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2012 : 18:15:54
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| Everything I have read states between 4-6ft for an adult. If he is absolutely adament they'll only grow to 2 ft then they must be a cross between a corn and a hognose lol!! |
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newsnakekeeper
Hatchling
United Kingdom
222 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2012 : 18:23:51
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all corns will be different sizes and if i remember rightly some one may correct me but the females tend to grow a bit bigger than the males. My male is just short of 2.5 foot but i think he has been a problem feeder in rep shop but they have not said anything.
I must agree with other think 4-5 foot on average is bout right but as i say they all grow to diff sizes. Think it could also depend on morph of corn as to size they grow |
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Okeetee Mick
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2308 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2012 : 18:55:34
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Lili
Snake Mite
Canada
49 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2012 : 20:00:34
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| 7ft sounds ridiculously huge to me, I think we can probably put that one down to people being bad at estimating height when they have to discribe a person so it's likely the same is true for a snake who's often curled up |
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Primrose22
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
45 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2012 : 20:02:09
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| Thx so much, its very helpful to chat with you x |
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smart bunny
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5091 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2012 : 22:14:19
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OMG - they do look like a cross between a corn and a hognose lol!!
(No, I'm not suggesting for a moment that they really are, just the colouring is similar to a hoggie lol!)
So was he actually selling them as Dwarf Corns Primrose, or just claiming they were small ones? |
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lotabob
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
4334 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2012 : 22:59:07
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Haha its usually men who overestimate length.
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mikeyd_26
Yearling
United Kingdom
716 Posts |
Posted - 23/04/2012 : 00:31:55
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lol @ lota! that just doesnt look like a corn to me, but im no expert!
from what ive read in bill? n caths book some morphs can be a bit smaller but never heard of dwarf corns
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