Hey there fellow snake heads.
Conversing with a snake owner recently who claims carpet pythons grow proportionally to the size of their cage. I have been doing some tertiary internet searches but not finding information that really talks about this.
He states - from his experience - that while the snake was in a smaller enclosure, he found that the snake moved around and ate less (makes sense; less expenditure of energy) but the snake wouldn't grow so large. When moved to a slightly larger enclosure, the snake moved around a lot more as it had to go further between water, heat and hanging branches, so it ate more (dur; I know) and consequently grew larger.
If his snake wasn't a couple years old and rather small for it's age, I would be highly skeptical of his claim. Yet I cannot find any information relating to this. Was wondering if any other snake lovers here have seen the same phenomena or could point to some reading that helps confirm/deny this?
Conversing with a snake owner recently who claims carpet pythons grow proportionally to the size of their cage. I have been doing some tertiary internet searches but not finding information that really talks about this.
He states - from his experience - that while the snake was in a smaller enclosure, he found that the snake moved around and ate less (makes sense; less expenditure of energy) but the snake wouldn't grow so large. When moved to a slightly larger enclosure, the snake moved around a lot more as it had to go further between water, heat and hanging branches, so it ate more (dur; I know) and consequently grew larger.
If his snake wasn't a couple years old and rather small for it's age, I would be highly skeptical of his claim. Yet I cannot find any information relating to this. Was wondering if any other snake lovers here have seen the same phenomena or could point to some reading that helps confirm/deny this?