How Long Did Your Snake Live?

[seeya205]

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too funny!!!!!

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

Hey did you know that in the wild BPs spend most of their lives in a tiny rodent borrow? Did you know that in the wild they generally never go searching for water as they get all they need from their prey? Did you know that many females will never leave the den as long as a rodent happens by once in awhile? Did you know that they feel much more secure and thrive much better in this environment?

Tanks turned into habitats are not "bad" BP homes if done correctly but many of us consider our "tupperware" to be better for both us and the snakes in the long run. We also do not comdemn those who use tanks like you condemn those who do not.

The only snake I have ever had die was a tiny captive hatched baby i purchased 7 years ago this month. It was sick when I got it and died less than 2 weeks later. The 2nd snake I purchased at the same time from the same bin of CH babies lived and is still with me.

When one of my pastels contracted a bad RI last year while in a tank, was moved to a tub, TADAAAAAA he got better so much faster! I had been treating him for weeks in the tank but the moment I moved him into my racks he began eating again and all signs of RI were gone shortly after. Most of mine are in racks now while a select few are housed in boaphile cages. Which are as easy to maintain temps and humidity in, if not more, than racks.

[EmberBall]

This is my oldest snake, the original Sulfur female. I have personally owned her for about 10 years, and got her when she was a 2000 gram adult. I would say she is at least 16 years old, if not older.

Dave

[David802]

Didn't she answer her own question when she quoted the book that she read? I don't understand the reason for the poll if she read the book. That is unless she wants to use this to further her tub issue.

I don't know!
Jim Smith

I'll bet anything that is all this is. Of course now that she's made everyone angry, and its blatantly obvious that she has done so, she will HOPEFULLY let it go!

[Tochigi_R]

This is kind of a sneaky poll.

From what I've seen, I'm going to take a leap of faith and say that this is just another way for you to try and validify your side of the argument with the whole tanks vs tubs debate... No one has outright told you tanks are bad, as far as I've read. Most everyone has just stated that their snakes are in tubs because that's what their snakes feel comfortable with. If you don't like tubs, fine. Don't campaign about it, please. At this point, all opinions are well known and everyone should just agree to dissagree -- inluding you, Arsinoe, because you started this whole debate.

If you ask me, the whole thing is way past giving it any more effort... This is the last time I'm posting in any of your 'polls' because they're all started so you can support your own hidden agenda. I'm sorry, but it's just bothersome. :/ If you want to argue something, find a subject that's not going to cause a backlash and take away from the people who are trying to learn something from being on this site.

Thanks.

[Rock star Reptile]

I hope to be alive to see mine pass. I should be about 70's...

I have had 1 pass due to it was a "rescue". This was years ago and she was too far gone. The Vet said her body was over run by infection. I will never forget that sweet sad snake. If I could have found her sooner maybe things could have been different.
The only good news from that story was the other BP she was housed with has made 100%.

[mpkeelee]

When one of my pastels contracted a bad RI last year while in a tank, was moved to a tub, TADAAAAAA he got better so much faster! I had been treating him for weeks in the tank but the moment I moved him into my racks he began eating again and all signs of RI were gone shortly after.

i had the same thing happen with my normal. i will never use a tank again

[Wh00h0069]

I got my first ball python approximately ten years ago. I kept him in various tanks until approximately four years ago. He did great for the first five years, but then stopped eating. He fasted for upwards of six to nine months. I decided to put him in a tub / rack system to see if that would entice him to eat. It worked, and he started eating right away. He is not one of my best eaters, but he still eats at least once or twice a month.

I am fairly certain that if I wouldn't have moved him into a tub he would have surely starved to death. I have never had any snakes die, and I have housed all but my first ball in either tubs or plastic cages. They are all healthy and doing great.

Plastic cages / tubs are ideal for snakes, because they are easy to maintain proper temperatures and humidity. They are also much more economical and convenient.

As a side note, I once had a piece of flexwatt malfunction and burn a hole in a tub while a snake was in it. I didn’t notice until I smelled the melting plastic. I took the snake out and put him in a new tub. The snake and I were not harmed.

[4theSNAKElady]

This is kind of a sneaky poll.

From what I've seen, I'm going to take a leap of faith and say that this is just another way for you to try and validify your side of the argument with the whole tanks vs tubs debate... No one has outright told you tanks are bad, as far as I've read. Most everyone has just stated that their snakes are in tubs because that's what their snakes feel comfortable with. If you don't like tubs, fine. Don't campaign about it, please. At this point, all opinions are well known and everyone should just agree to dissagree -- inluding you, Arsinoe, because you started this whole debate.

If you ask me, the whole thing is way past giving it any more effort... This is the last time I'm posting in any of your 'polls' because they're all started so you can support your own hidden agenda. I'm sorry, but it's just bothersome. :/ If you want to argue something, find a subject that's not going to cause a backlash and take away from the people who are trying to learn something from being on this site.

Thanks.

[blackcrystal22]

Hey guys,

Does anyone know what the oldest ball python (that lived to 48 years old) lived in?

Does it really matter at all?