I was wondering, I do that a lot. What people thought of stress and how it works with our snakes.

As you know, I come from a totally different background, so forgive me.

It seems that some folks, dismiss or ignore, this aspect of animal behavior. please understand, its common for that to happen. In fact, we are taught to do that.(to ignore behavior and related stress)

It seems that the hog revolution occurred at a time of shoe/sweater box availability and keeping. And that's handy and it works. The drawback is, observation. As a keeper, you cannot see what is going on between normal events like feeding crapping, growing, breeding etc. You know, the behaviors that lead to those events.

many keepers here do not know of anything else, so their base of knowledge and way of thinking is centered in this area.

Please understand, its not about right or wrong, or about any keeper changing anything. its about the hogs, keepers will be keepers and do what they want anyway.

One keeper thought biting a finger is not stressful, another keeper did. My question is not about who's right, but more about what is stress, for the animal, in nature, in captivity, in a big cage, in a shoebox etc.

of course I have my opinion(who would have thunk) As usual, I am always questioning my own opinion, so please contribute and post your feelings on stress, positive or negative.


The hog in this pic, from an anthropromorphic viewpoint, seems to be enjoying looking out over a large open area. Its head is up, its calm, it looks like its wondering about crossing the road, and its enjoying the sunset.

Or this snake, coiled tight, security at its back, open area to watch. content.

or this snake, crawling along with some hognose agenda, and not a worry in its head. Thanks so much

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