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16-Apr-07, 02:01 PM
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i was wondering whats the easyest way to measure your pet snake please? becuase my coastal moves around heaps and is very hard to mesure so is there an easy way thaks heaps
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16-Apr-07, 02:02 PM
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I use a piece of string or sometimes they'll be crawling along a straight wall etc and I measure them that way! Anyway you do it it's going to be hard to get an absolutely accurate result!
Good Luck 
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16-Apr-07, 02:05 PM
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i do the string trick especially for the larger snakes.
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here kitty kitty kitty........
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16-Apr-07, 02:06 PM
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I wait till they shed their skin and just measure that.
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16-Apr-07, 02:08 PM
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apparently the sheds stretch by up to 30 percent.
mines still small enough to measure him when he straightens out along a wall,...
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16-Apr-07, 02:08 PM
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oh yeah thats cool im expecting a shed real soon know so il wait til then. thanks
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16-Apr-07, 02:09 PM
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their skin stretches considerably when they shed and does not give an acurate idea of length
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here kitty kitty kitty........
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16-Apr-07, 02:10 PM
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oh cool ill try the string thingy then lol
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16-Apr-07, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlie  I wait till they shed their skin and just measure that. | this is highly inaccurate as their shed skin is alot longer than the actual body as it is the skin in between the scales as well! This will make your snake appear rather a considerable amount larger than he/she already is!
Try using the string or a straight wall if you can!
Have Fun!!!
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16-Apr-07, 02:14 PM
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Ahh that explains a few things! Sorry for giving bad advice, it just made sense to me, and thankyou for correcting me.
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16-Apr-07, 02:20 PM
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There is also the serpwidgets program you can download for free, i found it was a bit of a buggar to work out, but now find it fairly easy to operate
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16-Apr-07, 03:10 PM
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i have used this program serpent widgets as well recomend it. just google it and will find it easily
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16-Apr-07, 03:59 PM
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And whats this program about?
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16-Apr-07, 04:13 PM
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Clear hose, can buy it at Bunnings. Not 100% accurate, but when theyre in the hose theyre alot straighter than if cruising.
Jordan
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16-Apr-07, 04:15 PM
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use mass/weight not length
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