The only reason I quoted him was that he had first hand experience with the BARKERS, and all he did was explain how the paper was biased and what Dave Barker has contributed to other research papers.
I actually LOL'ed at your "real world observations"!oh yes then you have extereme temps which can be over 100 and less than 50 for prolonged periods. ive had bps that got ri from jsut a little bit too much humidity and i also got it from my heattape going out for a day
but what do i know im no biologist im just a guy with real world observations of actual facts!
Yeah, snakes in completely sterile tubs are completely comparable to snakes in the wild, where bacteria and other nasties you wouldn't want in your tubs thrive around the snakes.
Later, Matt