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Laws
Yearling
United Kingdom
935 Posts |
 Posted - 13/04/2011 : 15:36:55
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| hey just a quick one , how do u all measure ur snakes? i have weighed ours , but would like to get measurements ? whats the best way to do this ? x |
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Lucy1012
Hatchling
United Kingdom
127 Posts |
Posted - 13/04/2011 : 15:50:48
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| not ever having done it, but i think i would probably use a piece of string, then measure that ;-) |
0.0.1 Amel Corn CB10 Luna
1.0.0 Orchid Corn CB08 Mizuki
0.1.0 Hypo Corn CB10 Hala
0.1.0 Normal het lav CB09 Neona
1.2.0 Normal Royals, Jericho, Eclipse and Monday
and various other critters including, 2 dogs, 2 cats, a hamster, a gerbil, 3 fish, 1 husband and 3 daughters :-) |
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fone
Snake Mite
Ireland
21 Posts |
Posted - 13/04/2011 : 17:04:19
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there is a program on here somewhere (i found it reading through old threads) that you take an airel photo of the snake next to something like a ruler. then you measure how long the ruler, or box, or what ever is, and it compares it next to the snake. i used it and it worked great. snake doesnt need to be laying flat. and string is just a pain for me.
maybe one of the older members will remember what it was called... |
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
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Sammysnake
Yearling
United Kingdom
606 Posts |
Posted - 19/04/2011 : 09:18:01
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| I've given up on the string method as they are way too wiggly! I just measure the shed then deduct 10%. It may not be entirely accurate but as I measure them this way every time they shed it does show the change from one shed to another. |
08 male Carolina Corn ‘Saracen’
09 male Anery Corn ‘Twilight’
08 male Rankins Dragon ‘Keydo’ |
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ptmbradley
Yearling
United Kingdom
676 Posts |
Posted - 19/04/2011 : 10:38:09
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I'll vouch for snake measurer. It's brilliant and so simple! :)
Just as well, coz I'm useless at guessing. I was saying my snake was a little over a foot, when she is actually nearly 20 inches...
EDIT: Weighing. What scales are best for that? Digital obviously, but are kitchen weighing scales ok, or is there another way I'm not aware of? :)
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Corns: 1.1 Anery, 1.1 Butter, 1.0 Carolina, 0.1 Hypo, 1.1 Snow, 1.0 Sunkissed
Boas: 0.1 Arabesque, 1.0 Brazilian Rainbow, 0.1 Crawl Cay, 1.1 Hogg Island X, 0.1 Hypo Hogg, 0.1 Kahl Albino (poss coral)
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kdlang
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3556 Posts |
Posted - 19/04/2011 : 10:38:27
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| I use snake measurer every 3 months or so. I do also measure sheds and record this but I find it can be pretty unreliable because they can stretch different amounts each time. In fact I think last time one of mine shed, it had shrunk according to the shed measurements lol |
4.1.0 corns - Izzy (Carolina) Alice (Amel) Peanut (Butter Motley) Swayze (Ghost) Carmellia (Butter Motley)
0.1.0 cat - Kizzy
1.0.0 Dog - Dobbie
Location - Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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MightyMouse
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
43 Posts |
Posted - 19/04/2011 : 13:50:34
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| just measured mine with a dressmakers tape measure. she was spread out on the sofa an i lay the tape measure along side her she was 2 inches short of 5 foot. give or take an inch or 2 . |
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