Kalatoa 100% Pure SD Retic Progression (Pic heavy...)

[jmcrook]

I know my thoughts will be far out there, and not well developed yet.

Just thinking of some stuff..

Knowing that Retics are a species that usually travel for miles, and actively hunt for food, I wonder if some of them just have it hard wired into them to "travel". If they could get, in a way, claustrophobic. Perhaps their instinct tells them to get moving.

I have seen certain cushioned mats, usually some form or yoga mat, that are made out of a very cushioned but "slick" smooth material. Do you think it would help to line the inside of the cage with something like that. She could still push her face into it, but it has give.

The doors are more challenging. The snake knows that is where the cage opens, I also believe they feel the "air" moving in from there. However, you have to have doors. And then there are the gaps between doors. Can't really cushion them from the inside. I wonder, though, could those doors be replaced by some sort of plexi plastic glass? You could then cut a round hole into each of those doors and then connect a big tunnel, either going from one door in a big loop to the other door. Or. From one door to yet another cage that is nearby. Or go more elaborate and have that tunnel travel up and around, or along the walls ?

That may sound weird, but sort of like a over sized "hamster cage". Perhaps if she had somewhere to go, out of those doors, she wouldn't push trying to get out. Perhaps going into a tunnel , into another cage, or in a big loop around back into her own cage she would feel like she is "moving". Basically a big endless loop she could take.

What that tunnel could be made out of , I don't know. There are ready made bendable structures, but how solid they would be, I don't know. There is the possible problem of her relieving herself in the tunnel.

You could always swap the doors to the glass ones if you need her to stay in the cage.

I know this may sound really out there, and its just preliminary thoughts that flit through my brain. I just have a feeling that her instinct wants her to be on the move. And if you provide a endless circle, she always has somewhere to go to?

Of course that may be impossible to do or to far out there, or plain not work.

I like the thinking here, however I think it would necessitate having to completely disassemble the tube contraption in order to open the doors every time I need to enter the cage. Which could possibly make keeping this animal even more annoying. Not to mention the investment I’d have to make in acquiring the tools needed to construct this thing. I can also see this easily being broken as she weighs 25lbs. Plexiglass is strong but not a material I’d choose to bear a heavy load.
She’s even pushed at the windows in my apt when I let her out to roam the entire house. It’s obnoxious and beyond frustrating. For the time being I’m just going to hope she eats soon. If she’ll start eating again she’ll be calm and I’ll just slam her with food. I know it’s not healthy but I’d rather have a fat, lazy snake than a lean one that tries to peel her face from her skull every day.
I just can’t keep up the vet and cage modification expenses for a snake whose behavior will simply not change.
Not meaning to be overly critical of any suggestions here, just thinking out loud I guess. As Gio said, this isn’t supposed to be a miserable hobby/stress project and that’s all it is for me at this point.



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