Quote Originally Posted by Argentra View Post
The APPROXIMATE length of the snake is the shed minus 4". As far as I know, this is the rule with any snake, since the basic amount of stretch tends to be 4" no matter what. Of course, this is only an estimated length since an exact length would only be obtained when the snake was no longer moving...such as in death. Sad, but true.

And you're welcome, Starmom. I pass on what I have learned.

So a 6" ringneck will leave a 10" shed? That shed is almost 170% the length of the ringneck. And if a 20' retic left you a 20'-4" shed...that shed is only 101.5% the length of the snake...a 1.5% diff. vs. the 70% diff with the ringneck.... I duno if this is right


But if it is...and you under stand that chicken scratch above...do you see why the 4" rule may not be very accurate?

Or its very possible I am just wrong, and the 4" rule is what it is!