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darrkang3l
Hatchling

United Kingdom
403 Posts

Posted - 07/03/2012 :  01:06:14  Show Profile  Visit darrkang3l's Homepage  Reply with Quote
As you all know i picked up my second snake today and the girl in the petshop diddnt know how old it was. any way i could try to guess?

0.0.1 Corn Snakes (myst)
0.1.0 Leopard gecko (Meg)
0.1.0 Girlfriend. (Mel)
0.1.0 Staffy (molly)
1.1.0 Royal pythons
Wish list - Chinese water dragon, Tegu! Rainbow boa!

R.I.P Shayde

gmac
The Scottish Admin

United Kingdom
5319 Posts

Posted - 07/03/2012 :  01:19:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
wise man once said "cut it in half and count the rings" think it was Lee our mod :d

other than that no im afraid not, especially if its adult.


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darrkang3l
Hatchling

United Kingdom
403 Posts

Posted - 07/03/2012 :  01:31:14  Show Profile  Visit darrkang3l's Homepage  Reply with Quote
its deffo not adult. it was the biggest one of the hatchies that had in the shop tho. although it does eat 2 pinkies every time. so cut it in half and count the rings. does that work for months? lol

0.0.1 Corn Snakes (myst)
0.1.0 Leopard gecko (Meg)
0.1.0 Girlfriend. (Mel)
0.1.0 Staffy (molly)
1.1.0 Royal pythons
Wish list - Chinese water dragon, Tegu! Rainbow boa!

R.I.P Shayde
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gmac
The Scottish Admin

United Kingdom
5319 Posts

Posted - 07/03/2012 :  01:46:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
is impossible to tell the age of snakes, so suggest best way to decribe it is a 2011 ;)

and yes months works lol half rings :d


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darrkang3l
Hatchling

United Kingdom
403 Posts

Posted - 07/03/2012 :  01:53:06  Show Profile  Visit darrkang3l's Homepage  Reply with Quote
is it not unusuall to have one that grows real quick compared to the others then? unless the pet shop put it in with the others even tho its older lol. maybe when i get some quality pics up someone could shed some light! myst is settling in right now tho :P

0.0.1 Corn Snakes (myst)
0.1.0 Leopard gecko (Meg)
0.1.0 Girlfriend. (Mel)
0.1.0 Staffy (molly)
1.1.0 Royal pythons
Wish list - Chinese water dragon, Tegu! Rainbow boa!

R.I.P Shayde
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Georgina
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
2382 Posts

Posted - 07/03/2012 :  09:58:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
From the size of her compared to the other the only estimation is she was a early hatchie and the others were late, as that ghost was teeny weeny! Cute as hell tho!

1.0 western hognose (hero)
1.0 phantom reverse pin dal brindle crested gecko (goyle)
0.2 red dal red harly (sprite) 99% full pin Harley crested gecko (TuLong)
0.0.3 miomantis paykullii
0.0.3 Bombina orientalis (oriental fire bellied toad)
0.3 fancy mice (snap, crackle and pop)
1.0 yorkshire terrier (jasper)
2.1 cats (echo, shadow and pokey)
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darrkang3l
Hatchling

United Kingdom
403 Posts

Posted - 07/03/2012 :  11:26:46  Show Profile  Visit darrkang3l's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by georginasweeting

From the size of her compared to the other the only estimation is she was a early hatchie and the others were late, as that ghost was teeny weeny! Cute as hell tho!



are you sure you diddnt see the weenie ghost lol. there was 2 mine was the much bigger one! :)

0.0.1 Corn Snakes (myst)
0.1.0 Leopard gecko (Meg)
0.1.0 Girlfriend. (Mel)
0.1.0 Staffy (molly)
1.1.0 Royal pythons
Wish list - Chinese water dragon, Tegu! Rainbow boa!

R.I.P Shayde
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serena_08
Yearling

United Kingdom
784 Posts

Posted - 07/03/2012 :  17:34:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
My two worms are both 6 months, one is very light and small, whereas the other is loooonnnng and slinky. Supposedly from the same lot of eggs so... As said before, they all grow differently!

1.0.0 Corn: D-Bo (Amel)
1.0.0 Western Hognose: C*ntyB*ll*cks
0.1.0 MBK: Rosa
0.0.1 Leopard Gecko: Zuko
0.0.1 Bearded Dragon: Kobe
0.0.1 Fire Bellied Toad: Snoop
1.1.0 Cats: Penny and Sheldon
1.0.0 Staffy: MooMoo


I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
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coxymk2
Sub Adult

United Kingdom
1245 Posts

Posted - 07/03/2012 :  17:35:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You have got it wrong, you count the scales and divide by 12 lol

0.0.1 ANERY (Liquorice)
0.0.1 CAROLINA (Bangle)
0.0.1 AMEL (Boozer)
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mkmattyk
banned

United Kingdom
837 Posts

Posted - 07/03/2012 :  18:13:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
you can only guess what year it was born, i suppose without any detailed records of som sort thats all you can do... sorry

Edited by - mkmattyk on 07/03/2012 18:13:38
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