Sorry if this has been posted recently. I've had two corns, a male and a female, housed in the same tank (just recently seperated them). The male has grow very little since I acquired him this past February. I acquired the female at the same time and was the same size (maybe just slightly bigger) and she has practically tripled her size. They both ate the same amount, adjusting slightly for the bigger female. Do males grow slower than females? I'm thinking maybe the male was stressed out, which may have affected his growth. Any comments would be welcome. Thanks!
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Do males grow slower than females??
ericthemantis
Aug 18, 2003 11:45 AM
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Marcel Poots
Aug 18, 2003 12:19 PM
Imho just the oposite is true. I have been keeping corns for only 15 years or so and haven't had hundres like most of the cracks out here 
but the corns that reached three and a half foot at 12 months are always males. I have had some big females but all my fast growers where males. The biggest CB 02 corn I have right now is a male too. And then there is off course Hercules. He is close to 10 years now and 6' I haven't had a female come close enough. The biggest female I have had was as thick as him but was 'only' 5'. In all other snakes females tend to grow faster and grow bigger. In corns I do not think that is true. We let our female produce eggs each year. That holds back the growth a bit but females that are not bred will not grow larger than the males.
Just my 2 cents.
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
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