This is a quality FR post.



For the record, I currently have 4 female pyros. All four are healthy. Two have them have continued to eat through the winter, while two shut down early. Two of the females will often refused frozen/thawed, but will take live or pre-killed mice without hesitation.



Some of my pyros are in sweater box style set-ups with a temp gradient, warm wet hide, warm dry hide, a cool dry hide, and a substrate that they can burrow in. The others are in tanks with similar set-ups.



I have been keeping pyros for about 10 years. I don't consider myself a newby to it, but I definitely don't consider myself to be an expert either. I know that I can do more than I am to support their needs, and I have learned quite a bit from what Frank has taught us over the years here. I do know that my experiences are similar to others that have kept pyros for decades.



One thing that I have learned from Frank is that we tend to provide the minimum conditions possible for our snakes to survive and breed. Why not step it up a notch and provide conditions that they can thrive under? Hard to do if your keeping 50 snakes. Maybe some of us should scale it back and just keep a few under optimum conditions. Food for thought.



Greg

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