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tspuckler
at Sat Jul 26 15:36:29 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by tspuckler ]
There isn't any proof whatsoever that "power feeding" is "bad." In order to prove this someone would need to have two sets of snakes and "power feed" one set and have the other on a "non-power feeding" schedule.
They'd need to raise both sets to adulthood and see if "power feeding" affected lifespan, breeding, health, etc. This has never been done and even if someone started such a project today, snakes can live 20 years or more, so we wouldn't know the results for a couple of decades.
Also "power feeding" could affect pine snakes differently than it does king snakes. And rat snakes different than it affects garter snakes, etc.
I'm not saying I'm for "power feeding," but there are a lot of posts in these forums where people say "I heard somewhere..." and then talk about something that has no factual basis.
No one knows the long term pros and cons of "power feeding."
Tim
Third Eye
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RE: power feeding questions...... - tspuckler, Sat Jul 26 15:36:29 2008 