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FunkyRes
at Mon Jul 28 08:12:16 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FunkyRes ]
WOW!
First - I think the definition of power feeding needs to be agreed upon before any meaningful discussion can take place.
I consider power feeding to be the act of lining up an additional prey item manually in the snakes mouth so that it is forced to consume prey it did not choose to consume.
Offering a large quantity of prey, where the snake has the option to reject it, is not IMHO power feeding.
The longevity in zoos may not be due to the fact that they are fed less often than in captive conditions, it may be due to other conditions, such as larger caging with better range of habitat and temperature. ----- I decided my old sig was too big.
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