Well, of course they don't all survive to live long lives. But that can be said of any species.Originally Posted by Bogertophis
Not individually they didn't...and it's a pretty safe bet that most wild snakes have far shorter lifespans than captive ones (assuming good care, not neglected), not to
mention they suffer with whatever ails them until death (either natural or by predator)...there's no "free clinics" for snake constipation, etc.
They're obviously built pretty efficiently if they've survived as long as they have while other species have died off.
I used to put cardboard down. But I found that more often than not the snakes dragged the prey off it anyway.
Thousands of feedings so far, not a single impaction, not a single time I had to intervene to remove substrate.
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