No offense, but snakes do not grow their entire lifes. That is an old wifes tail. Yes, they grow differently then mammals. But not their entire life. If they did, there would be giant snakes of all species.

They have a genetic limit. They can take many years to reach their genetic limit.

Of course, poor conditions, both in captivity or in nature can and does effect the maximum growth a snake will achieve. So its support and genetics that limit a snakes growth.

In this case, I acquired a 7yr old het for albino gopher snake, it was 7 years old and 18 inches. Within a year, it reached four foot, but did top out at five foot. Consider the genetic limit is around 8 foot for these snakes.

So in the end, or the begining, or something, a snake can grow for an extended length of time. But it still cannot grow past its genetics. Or there would be 18 foot indigos in S. Fla. Instead of burms. S. Fla does support Burms(different genetic limit) to fairly large sizes, over what anything native can achieve. But S. Fla, does not support Indigos to the size it supports Burms. Cheers

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• Kingsnake growth question - jfeeleyjr, Thu Jun 17 09:13:20 2010
• RE: Kingsnake growth question - varanid, Thu Jun 17 12:21:33 2010
• RE: Kingsnake growth question - a153fish, Thu Jun 17 13:39:04 2010
• RE: Kingsnake growth question - FR, Sun Jun 20 18:46:00 2010
• No, not a "wifes tail" - DMong, Sun Jun 20 22:08:33 2010
• RE: No, not a "wifes tail" - Fleck, Mon Jun 21 15:40:18 2010
• RE: No, not a "wifes tail" - DMong, Mon Jun 21 20:24:02 2010
• RE: No, not a "wifes tail" - Fleck, Tue Jun 22 16:32:53 2010
• RE: Kingsnake growth question - Fleck, Mon Jun 21 15:42:26 2010