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Kelly_Haller
at Fri Nov 13 23:12:25 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Kelly_Haller ]
Ian,
I have not yet seen any formal papers or research projects on this subject. The time and effort for a quality study in this area would be major, but could be very interesting. However, there is no doubt that excess weight, in the extreme sense, can negatively affect a snakes health. Female snakes that are slightly overweight seem to have the best reproductive success in captivity as opposed to underweight or greatly overweight individuals. With the exception of breeding females, it is probably best to keep them all with a fairly modest body mass.
Kelly
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