Yay! My new HypoBloodred female corn from SerpenCo just got here this morning!

She's quite alert and very pretty... but also very little! Since Rich told me she was hatched in summer 07, I was expecting something a bit bigger than this:

Just found in the box


The weigh-in: 6g!!


On hand before going home Sorry it's so blurry...she's a squirmer


Because I was expecting a larger snake, I set up a 10g tank for her and had to make a stressful last minute switch: placing the 10g in the bedroom and moving my Anery into it, then taking her 12qt tub and rinsing it three times with really hot water then three rounds with the Chlorhexidine on the tub and some new hides and dish to set that up for the new girl! I hated having to use a tub another snake had been in without bleaching and PAMing (I used Jurrasi-Mite at least, since it can be sprayed indoors with animals around), but I had no choice since I couldn't have put this tiny girl into a 10g!

So, those with corn experience, might you be able to help me here? How old do you suppose a snake that small would be? That cannot be a 9 month old corn! My Anery female is supposedly only 7 months old and she weighs over 62g and is twice the size!