Yearling size?

[d_virginiana]

I've been browsing the kingsnake garter ads (bad idea for me :p) and I noticed several yearlings for sale. They all looked a LOT smaller than Harley. I was just curious if anyone has measurements or pictures of their yearlings? It'd be interesting to compare.
She is a female eastern btw.

[katach]

My little man that was born 8/1/11 is about 11-12 in. long. He is a NW (T. ordinoides). My female albino checkered is about a month older and twice the girth and about 13-14 in.

[JosvdB]

My:
T.S.Infernalis = 23 inch
T.S.Sirtalis = 20.5 inch
T.Radix = 21 inch

All from june last year

[d_virginiana]

Okay, cool. Harley is about 21 inches. I kept wondering if maybe I was just seeing males on the ads, so that's probably what was happening.

Wow, 23 inches at one year old! That's pretty impressive. Are infernalis generally bigger than other species?

[Didymus20X6]

If you do get a male for Harley, you'll have to name him Joker.

[kibakiba]

Or name him Quin.... Harley and Quin!

[d_virginiana]

Haha, Harley is actually short for Harley-quin :D

I have been looking around for a male for her (garter addiction...). I really can't just stop with getting the Joker though, you know I'd eventually have to get all the batman villains. Darn :rolleyes:

[kibakiba]

I had figured. It'd still be pretty cool to have Harley and Quin ;)

[JosvdB]

Wow, 23 inches at one year old! That's pretty impressive. Are infernalis generally bigger than other species?
No idea. I actually stopped feeding pinkies a few weeks ago because I was worried she was growing too fast so now she is on an almost 100% fish diet, but she still won't slow down! She isn't fat at all though so I guess it's allright, I wonder how big she'll end up being.

[d_virginiana]

No idea. I actually stopped feeding pinkies a few weeks ago because I was worried she was growing too fast so now she is on an almost 100% fish diet, but she still won't slow down! She isn't fat at all though so I guess it's allright, I wonder how big she'll end up being.

I had been away for several months, then came home and saw Harley again. She had grown so much that she was buried in the substrate and I grabbed the end of her tail to pick her up thinking it was her body :rolleyes: I was wondering if it was the pinkies, but I think it's just that it's been so long since I've had a baby one that I guess I forgot how quickly they grow! Plus, my other one was a male, so he didn't get that big so quickly.

[EasternGirl]

My male eastern was probably only about a foot long when he was just a year...but he was probably 2 and a half feet long six months later. I'd say he is full grown now...and I am guessing he is a little over 2 years old....hard to tell because he was wild caught. He topped out at 2 and a half feet. Female easterns can get much larger. Cee Cee is 3 feet long and probably at least 3 years old. I would say that Harley is on schedule...but as a female she should keep growing. She should be at least 3 feet long when she is full grown. I have seen easterns get quite large. Most of the full grown females around here are at least 3 feet long.

[d_virginiana]

I've only ever seen one fully grown eastern female. For some reason, we have tons of snakes in my area but almost none of them are garters! That's cool. I knew she'd end up bigger than my male, who is about 26 inches, but I didn't know how much.

[EasternGirl]

My experience with the easterns around here has been that all of the wild adult females I have seen have been about the same size as Cee Cee...but I'm sure there are smaller ones around, and maybe even larger ones. Like I said, my experience has been limited to the easterns I have seen in my yard. I will be interested to see how big your girl gets!