You got to have some humor, hahahahahahahaha.



The copout part is, how do you know if others know as much as they think they do?????????



That sentence has nothing to do with the subject. On my part, you could ask, what do I know about pyros. Then judge from there. In my case, I do have lots of experience with pyros. Both in captivity and in the field. Thats what I am offering, not if I know as much as I think I do, cause if that was the case, I would offer very little.



My approach has always been to know nothing and go by results. What I can do for you is offer reports of results.



THe problem is, most fight instead of having a conversation. A conversation is back and forth. Not finished in one post. So yes, I do leave lots out, so that we have something to say in the proper context of a conversation.



For instance, I may have mentioned this here before. One learning step for me was a biologist confronted me and said, most wild snakes do not drink water(in the late sixties). They do not require drinking water to normally progress and exsist. At the time, I argued that because is i took the water bowls out of our cages, the snakes would quickly stop feeding and dehydrate and would soon die.



But, I thought about what he said. Its very apparent here in the west that the vast majority of individual snakes do not have available drinking water. So what do they do.



I then experimented with raising pyros(the canary). I tried diffferent setups until I was able to raise them to adulthood without drinking water. What I learned was, not only was it possible, but the snakes were so much healthier. They grew faster, digested food better, had better stools and never needed drinking water.



I can see where that is much easier to see in the desert, as we have chronic dry weather. In the east, you may never have to look at that outside, because your wet. But insider our houses, its a common denominator, houses are dry both in the east and the west.



The TEST, all you have to do to test your setup is, take the water out. If the snakes stop feeding, then your cage is causing them to dehydrate. Its that simple. If they show no change, then your setup is fine.



Any questions? Cheers

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