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!)