bored with new batteries

[LAWReptiles]

If I were bored and had new batteries, I wouldn't be taking pictures of snakes.

Watch out this is a family forum

[starmom]

If I were bored and had new batteries, I wouldn't be taking pictures of snakes.

[sjsexotics]

Watch out this is a family forum

what would you be doing lmao ( i think I need some batteries)

[butters!]

sounds like you ladies need rechargeable batteries.

[adizziedoll]

I have given up on hides for about 1/3 of my collection completely - they just push them out of the way so they can get under their newspaper

[qiksilver]

uh oh guys, I don't use hides. watch out now (all my snakes are healthy and eat great.)

[scales owner]

Bubble bursting time.

Did you guys know that ball pythons can live healthily for YEARS with NO hides?

It's been done.

Captivity is NOT The Wild.

We don't, NONE of us, not a single arrogant mother's son of us, know what these guys really think.

Who's to say they don't hide more because there are more hides but NEVER think of hiding when there are none. Or maybe it just doesn't bother them. Maybe burrowing in substrate is enough. Maybe a piece of newspaper to crawl under is every bit as good as a termite mound.

How do we know whether it is or not?

By how successfully we keep our snakes.

They've been successfully kept without any hides at all.

Therefore, they need no hides.

See how easy it is.

You do it your way and your snake is fat and seem happy. I do it my way and my snake is fat and seems happy.

Why argue over who's right when it's obvious that we both are?

There is rarely ONE way to accomplish a goal.

THANK YOU!!!!! Finally We "none of us" can completly mimic the exact things these guys get in the wild. Even these "large" aquriums that people say are "too big" mine is in a 125 gl......it's not like they have small tubs in the wild....they are open, cluttered terrian!!!!

[SatanicIntention]

Only my babies under 100g and adult females who have *just* laid get hides. Everyone else is fine without them and eats like there's no tomorrow(might be my face, hands or the mouse dangling in front of them that I'm trying to toss in the tub).

[BMorrison]

That a boy Wes. Exactly what I was thinking.

[Drew87]

Very cool butters i like the pastel