Its doubtful they were born in December. Maybe part of a late breeding/laying and more likely late summer/early fall and around six months or so in age. These may have been picky feeders that were hatched even earlier, but took awhile for the breeder to get establised feeding and comfortable with selling as reliable feeders. Really unknown unless you get that information from the person who produced/sold you the snakes. Regardless, some snakes are just pickier feeders, or slower growers than others. It could be the blood line the snakes were produced from. The breeder was probably keeping them on a maintenance feeding schedule as well, and not feeding for optimum growth. And some snakes are just that way. As an example, I have a sibling pair of transpecos ratsnakes hatched in 08. The male is close to three feet long now and feeding on weanling sized mice. The female has always been a pickier feeder and is only up to fuzzys or very small hoppers and only about two feet long now. Quite a difference in size for sure. My suggestion is just give them time, let them feed and grow on their own schedule. They'll get there one day. You just have to be patient. You cant always get an adult sized snake ready to breed in 18 months.

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