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ReneeValois
at Sat Jul 26 13:42:23 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ReneeValois ]
Stephen, I'm glad to hear you've never had a problem with mistaken feeding strikes or snakes harassing each other while eating in the same enclosure. I may just be over-cautious, but given how gung-ho Daguerre gets when he scents prey, I'd rather be on the safe side!  He always "kills" and constricts that dead mouse doubly hard---whereas Foxfire will often take his time sniffing the mouse and then leisurely start to eat it without ever constricting; he's figured out it's already dead. Daguerre never has. I guess that means there's differences in I.Q. between snakes just as there are with humans. Foxfire is in general more curious and sociable than his stepbrother too...
P.S. Thanks for the compliment on the picture. I should take the time to post more...maybe when I finally get my new baby blood.
>>hey Renee thats a great picture!! thats awesome!!!
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>>so i have used feeding tubs only a handful of times but for the most part i never use them now. i dont know if i am pushing my luck and am bound to have an accident or not, but so far the only issue i ever ran into was with bedding sticking to the prey and that always turned into a non-issue. now that i use paper its gone completely.
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>>i have read a few discussions on that so i know what you mean about having the snake "think" its feeding time when you reach in to change water. i can understand that that might happen however i dont know about anyone else but i never actually see it happen or heard anyone even tell a story of it.
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>>i have a few times abruptly woken my snakes and had them curl up into defense strike mode. what i do is hold my hand up flat (as if to give a high five) and slowly move it toward them slowly and that seems to always calm them down no matter what snake.
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>>thats just my thought on that but i know this thread is about two snakes in one cage. in that case i can see the extra incentive to use a tub. but again maybe i was just lucky but i feed Bella and her sister in the same cage using their hide on edge as somewhat of a divider never had a problem
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>>-Stephen-
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>>0.1 soon to be wifey (hopefully)
>>1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer-wifey's pooch)
>>1.0 norm corn (Jake aka grumpy old terdhead)
>>0.1 col redtail boa (Dixie-my baby girl)
>>0.1 ball python (Bella- wifey's baby girl)
>>0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Saphira)
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>>hopeful for not to distant future:
>>--Brazilian rainbow boas
>> 2 or 3 more? maybe a breeding trio or two pair
>>-- something for the wifey... my list got to big...
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Renee
1.0 BRB (Loki)
2.0 amel & anery corns (Foxfire & Daguerre)
0.1 blood python (Duchess, arriving later this month)
1.1 Cats (Nightshade & Cuzzy)
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RE: Multiple snakes in one room - ReneeValois, Sat Jul 26 13:42:23 2008