changing behaviors

[dr del]

Hi,

Yeah, they all eat regularly. I just check their eyes to be sure they shed right, but I'll check the sheds next time, thanks for the advice. And yeah, I have them on coco fiber.

Cool. Only you mentioned the one you just put them in with had been a patchy eater - Just something you might want to keep an eye on.

As far as the getting sick thing, all creatures get sick because their body is weak. If conditions are right and food is nutritious, any creature should be able to handle any disease thrown at it. Yeah, I'm one of those hippie freaks, but I wouldn't believe it if I haven't experienced it in many ways. Now that my dog gets real food, not that garbage we know as dog food, she doesn't get fleas, same with the cat. Now that I've stopped eating processed food and so forth (I could go on for pages on this) I rarely get sick and when I do I'm over it in no time. Mosquitoes rarely bother me anymore, and all my previous allergies are gone. My comment sounded off hand, but is way more complex and thought out then it came across.

We have people on here who are very passionate about whole, raw diets both for themselves and their pets.

But.

Sometimes you get sick not because your body is weak but rather because the disease is strong. As a doctor friend told me once "healthy people die every day".

I'm kind of an old hippy myself but, while I might try some off the wall cures on occasion (for example a bottle of single malt whisky completely cures the common cold for me ), I do so by my choice. And since the snake cannot tell me he has made that choice and agrees with my methods if it gets ill it goes to the vet.

I am responsible for their health far more than I am for my own. Not a particularly logical opinion I'll grant you but it's mine for good or ill.

As far as the males combating, my guys (well, girl and guy...lol) just slid off to opposite sides of the tank when done. They have enough room to get away, and two spots to hide (I'm working on another....) so the loser can get away.

He really can't.

You are discussing animals who can sense heat variations of one thousandth of a degree and scent molecules from a prey item from miles away. The little guy I have in quarantine in the back room can tell I am defrosting food for the rest through 3 closed doors and two closed tubs.

Five feet isn't going to cut it.

I'm not trying to be mean about it but that's simply the facts.

Tell me more about these conditions? I have a tank that I could put her in while she incubates if I decide the males are going to be a problem.

Well my artificial incubator has temps of 88.5f and humidity of 98-100%

I have never done maternal incubation - they just look too skinny for me to even think about waiting another 60 days to feed them.

A couple of people have done it successfully on the forum though so you should be able to find the threads with the search function easily enough.

Yeah, going without food that long is going to be hard on her, but if she couldn't handle it, we wouldn't have bp's, they'd of all died out long before we started keeping them as pets.

Yep if the female is in a good enough condition she should be able to do it ok. It is important to remember of course that in the wild some of them probably do die so err on the side of caution with the weights etc when deciding if you want to breed them. Generally the female herself won't breed if she isn't up to it but I have had one get eggbound who would have died if I hadn't been there.

Thanks so much for your responses btw, I do appreciate your opinion and experience.

Not a problem in the slightest.

I am however going to have to go to bed soon to dream of snakes as it is already 6am and I was supposed to be getting up at 8 (soooo not gonna happen ).


dr del