mind. The act of handling definitely gets the juices moving ( shrugs shoulders ), you have been fortunate enough up until this point, to not have them vacate on you. It also explains why when we change cages the snake seems to immediately void on "the clean" substrate. Not sure exactly why "the handling" has that after affect. I also have certain snakes that do not get their water bowls immediately refilled upon cleaning their enclosure's. This is done because they are very active when placed back in their enclosure and have a bad habit of either over turning their water bowl, or simply over flowing it. Which obviously involves ( to me any way ) another cage to re-clean. So I wait till they settle down then refill it. Some of my snakes have a "generic" setup. Newsprint & water bowl. For example, it is just not practical for a 17 foot python to have a water vessel into which it can completely submerge. They can tip over just about any water bowl. If the size of the snake allows it, they get hideboxes in addition to their simple newsprint / water set up.



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Some of my snakes that do not have hide boxes still conceal themselves beneath the substrata.
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Thanks,



Frank Roberts

Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

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