The longevity record crowd is a sorry group IMO. Rather than maintain a miserable looking rail thin animal in a cage for 40 years I would much prefer to keep specimens for 20 years that are a credit to their species and grow to be large and impressive snakes. By this I mean snakes that are robust and active. Foraging for prey or a mate and if given the opportunity the type of snakes that would combat for the right to pass on their genes. These people do not appreciate snakes. They might as well collect stamps that they can put in an album.



Just my take,



Phil



That's so true unfortunately!!! I've seen many snakes in the collections of the longevity,mostly former reptile house zookeepers and you just scratch your head wondering how these animals are even alive being so thin,not to mention the cages that haven't been cleaned for months on end. It makes you wonder why keep an animal at all if your not going to enjoy it's full beauty and possibly attempt to reproduce it. Kevin

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