I liked the info in the post and the story to go along with it. I can't be philosophical like any of you guys but my .02cents is:
Observing your snakes and learning about their individual behaviors/quirks/tics/whatever is the best piece of advice you can give to any new keeper. The most recent example of that i can think of is Tiffany's poor enchi Leo. When he was sick only handling him would help the swelling in his head go down. Not drugs or surgery or anything, just handling him. Sorta blew my mind and is something that still doesn't make sense to me, but it's not a story i'll soon forget.
EDIT: next time I'm scraping urates out of the corners of the tubs, since my snakes can never piss/crap on the newspaper, i'm calling uncle skippy so he can come over and ying and yang a little with me
Reply With Quote