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Kelly_Haller
at Sat Aug 2 00:50:22 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Kelly_Haller ]
Shane,
Thanks for your response. I am curious as to whether your female green was acquired as a young animal or if you got her at a year or two. I would think that if a green was raised with water access and then had it removed, this would more than likely initiate some stress. All of our adult greens were acquired as neonates of less than a few months of age and were never given access to water containers they could enter. The greens that were born here never had access to water they could enter from the first day. The water bowls they had initially were of a size that they could have probably squeezed completely into them if they had tried but they never made any attempts to do so. Even at almost two years of age, the few young I kept, and also the adults, have never shown any interest in water other than for drinking. Years ago we had the feeling that water was not a requirement for successful maintenance of greens that were raised without it and this reproduction of captive bred and born young seems to have proven it. Another reason I feel they are not stressed when started this way is due to all of their docile natures. Although this is mainly attributable to their genetics, this would probably be over-ridden in anacondas if they were under some degree of stress. Thanks,
Kelly
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RE: Point taken........more - Kelly_Haller, Sat Aug 2 00:50:22 2003