Actually I wanted the seperation so as not to appear to be bashing you. However the BIGGEST health threat to captive herps is stress. Imagine being locked in a bathroom and every time you eat, go wee, spill water, etc, a giant reaches in and removes you so your bathroom can be sterilized. Would you feel stressed? Thats what happens every time you over clean to save your animals life from microbes etc. Thats why Ball Pythons ball up, snakes squirm, lizards break their tales, etc. They think their going to be killed and eaten. I recently returned from a trip to the D.R. collecting. Epicrates s. striatus is arboreal and territorial.In one Mango Tree we collected a large female in was covered with old excretement inside the hollow. It looked as if it had been used for years. We returned her to it but I doubt it had ever been disinfected as it was 30' off the ground.The snake was in the peak of health. Again I'm not suggesting not to clean your cages. I'm suggesting to use COMMEN SENSE. THEY CALL IT THAT BUT IT AIN'T TO COMMON.TC

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