42 inch female?

[Tori]

I found my female Cali stretched out along the glass in her cage and since we were measuring to find out how we could get a couple more cages in the room I took the time to measure her. She might be longer, but not shorter than 42 inches long (can't ever get them completely straight, you know). I was wondering, Do Cali's usually get that long? She is only 3 years old, will she continue to grow? Good thing her cage is 5 feet long. I'm tempted to measure the male, but he is the hateful one (tries to circle around a mouse to get to my hand to bite, honest! He goes out of his way to get a chance to bite!)

[Stefan-A]

That's pretty big.

Judging by what I've read and heard, most snakes' growth slow down significantly after the first three years, but they should keep growing slightly in length and width.

[drache]

very cool
that means my baby's got a chance to grow that big

[Sid]

That is one good sized Garter.

[anji1971]

That's a good size! Deejay's only 26 or 27" long and she'll be three this summer.

[GarterGuy]

Very nice....that is big for a Cali., they are just a subspecies of T.sirtalis, so I don't think it's very out of hand big though. Yeh, pretty much like Stephan said, she'll continue to grow some, but her growth will be much slower from here on out.

[ssssnakeluvr]

to measure mine I take a piece of string, put the end at the head of the snake, work my way down grabbing the snakes and holding the string against the back of the snake. it usually takes 2 people to do this. after you get to the end, you grab the end of the string to mark the length...then measure the string... my melanistic eastern measured at 42" last summer....she is huge, eats full grown mice like crazy!!! snakes continue to grow their entire lives, however as they get older they grow slower...

[adamanteus]

That's a good size for a Garter. Nice looking snakes too.

[Snake lover 3-25]

OOOOO i want some too!!! post when/if she has them!!!