Sad Discovery Today

[kibakiba]

At the rate Snap and Ember are growing, they'll be longer than I am tall by next year Snap may be short and fat, but she's a big girl... Ember is almost 2.5 feet already. He's a nice, sweet little guy if you don't move fast around him.

[ConcinusMan]

At the rate Snap and Ember re growing, they'll be longer than I am tall by next year Snap may be short and fat, but she's a big girl... Ember is almost 2.5 feet already. He's a nice, sweet little guy if you don't move fast around him.

Aren't you looking forward to 3.5-4 feet? Snap will surely get there. Ember nearly as big. It's in their genes. They come from a long line of gianormous snakes.

Don't worry too much. They're going to slow way down very soon. About the time they hit 2yrs old, they'll slow way down and take their time getting to 3 to 3.5 feet. In other words, "the rate their going" won't last much longer. They're going to reach sexual maturity soon. When that happens, they'll stop growing so fast. Much like people do.

[kibakiba]

I was joking, but they are growing intensely fast. And, if they kept it up, it would seem like they'd get as tall as I am... Honestly, not that tall. I'm only 5 '3. I know they'll get around 3-3.5 ft. My mom has it stuck in her head that they wont be any bigger than Mama (snap is about 3 inches longer than Mama already). She keeps saying that they'll stop growing in a couple months and we wont have to worry about giant snakes...

[ConcinusMan]

I was joking, but they are growing intensely fast.

Well of course they are. They're about to become "teenagers"

My mom has it stuck in her head that they wont be any bigger than Mama

Well, you can tell your mom for me, that they will definitely get bigger than Mama. Quite a bit bigger. But...

(snap is about 3 inches longer than Mama already). She keeps saying that they'll stop growing in a couple months and we wont have to worry about giant snakes...

You can also tell her, she won't have to worry about giant snakes. 4 feet is really an outside maximum. Yes, the concinnus babies grow very fast and get much bigger than northwesterns but you can tell your mom that it is guaranteed they will not go above 4 feet. They will likely stay under that size, even if they live to 15 years old. If they do go above 4 feet, they will hold the record for the largest oregon red spotted garter snake ever and then they will be famous.

[kibakiba]

Yeah, my mom doesn't want to believe they'll be bigger than Mama... She hates big snakes and really Mama is the limit of big in her eyes. But she also likes Snap and Ember, so I think she's trying to believe they wont get bigger, just so she wont start hating them

[ConcinusMan]

Well maybe if they grow a little each day, and she sees them often, she won't notice how big they got.

[kibakiba]

Much like I do. but some days, especially when Snap has been reclusive I always have to think "Holy cow! She's gotten huge!"

She does see them quite often though... I'm always bringing them out to show how adorable they are.