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| wood11 |
Posted - 29/09/2011 : 19:34:52
Strange question maybe but what's the best way to measure your snake? I haven't had much success in getting her to get her straight enough to get a fairly accurate measurement! |
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| mohikan22 |
Posted - 07/10/2011 : 15:43:56
well people ask and its nice to have a rough idea. "how big is your snake?" hmm big. or long.. i prefer to say about 4'10" or 5ft ish.. nothing to be so precise about.
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| scottishbluebird |
Posted - 07/10/2011 : 15:02:29
quote:
Originally posted by a33272
but why bother to measure it if ya not intrested in it being acurate
I did wonder this also! |
| a33272 |
Posted - 07/10/2011 : 14:05:41
but why bother to measure it if ya not intrested in it being acurate |
| mohikan22 |
Posted - 07/10/2011 : 11:45:38
because it works. unless u really are so precise about precision. should it matter? obviously for a vets etc yes but for yaself? im happy its alive and well and growing :D
you could always freeze ya snake to stop it moveing 
but itll be right annoyed when it wakes up  |
| a33272 |
Posted - 07/10/2011 : 11:22:23
quote:
Originally posted by mohikan22
errrm have you not just measured the last shed? i do., as soon as the snakes have she di measure it. simple as that.
an how do u calculate how much to add or subtract from the shed due to stretch when fresh an shrinkage when dryed within an hour of the shed?
a shed can be as much as 10% longer than the snake it came from, thats 3cm's for every foot of snake. which on a average 4ft corn equates to 12cm. so not too accurate by my standards |
| mohikan22 |
Posted - 07/10/2011 : 11:10:51
errrm have you not just measured the last shed? i do., as soon as the snakes have she di measure it. simple as that. |
| polarchick |
Posted - 30/09/2011 : 19:45:42
I just used the snake measurer for the first time, and it seemed to work very easily - but I did resize the photo before I uploaded it. 2 separate photos gave very similar results. |
| garrie |
Posted - 30/09/2011 : 09:42:41
Currently, to measure AURYN, i wait for him to start making his way around the edge of his home...when his tail is at a corner i see where his head is and then measure that distance with a good ol' Christmas cracker measuring tape |
| ptmbradley |
Posted - 29/09/2011 : 21:11:45
quote:
Originally posted by kdlang
This is the recent update which is supposed to be better but I haven't been able to get to work yet.
http://www.thecornsnake.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19684
I did have it working but seems to take an age to load the image. So now I just do a quick resize to about 1500 pixels and it's been working fine. Not overly better than the original but I do prefer it.  |
| wood11 |
Posted - 29/09/2011 : 20:38:18
...reading the instructions! lol |
| wood11 |
Posted - 29/09/2011 : 20:34:00
Thank you for that. I have used the markers to mark out the snake but then I am stuck! what do you do next? |
| kdlang |
Posted - 29/09/2011 : 19:53:52
Use the snake measuring software. This is the link to the original
http://www.thecornsnake.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8968
This is the recent update which is supposed to be better but I haven't been able to get to work yet.
http://www.thecornsnake.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19684 |
| Emmy1 |
Posted - 29/09/2011 : 19:36:48
See if you can lay out some string besides her when shes fully stretched, then measure the string. |
| wood11 |
Posted - 29/09/2011 : 19:36:20
or even TOO many! |
| wood11 |
Posted - 29/09/2011 : 19:35:41
ok to many gets and getting there but you know what I mean! |
