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sean1976
at Sat Jul 26 17:52:03 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by sean1976 ]
Didn't know there were people actually trying to achieve longevity records like a competition. I was merely refering to data from some zoo collections/breeding projects.
I am against starving specimens but I also do not participate in the other extreme. I pretty much gauge my feeding by the individual animals behavior although this does tend to fall into weekly or every other week cycles with the species I currently am keeping. I have animals that will go off feed for anywhere from a few weeks to as much as 5 months but I have never had weight loss or any other observable negative effect.
Basically I feed them when they act hungry or readily accept prey and let them be if they are uninterested. That being said I have known people who tried to feed their snakes once to twice a week regardless of the snakes behavior and they ended up with very overweight lethargic snakes.
Sean.
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1.1 BRB
1.1 Triple Het TPRS's
0.1 Silver TPRS
1.1 Amel Bloodred Corns
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0.1 Reeve's Turtle
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RE: Sources - sean1976, Sat Jul 26 17:52:03 2008