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Jlassiter
at Fri Apr 27 19:18:06 2012 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Jlassiter ]
>>This is something that we as snake keepers and breeders REALLY need to consider. A 37 year old snake, possibly outside the norm, still should remind us how long our animals are supposed to live. Even if it's half that of Evel's life, we should expect 18-20 years from our animals if kept in proper conditions.
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I have always thought that the normal expected life of any colubrid was well over 20....
I have many animals here that are in their high teens, a few over twenty and one ruthveni of Shannon's that was a wild caught adult in 1983.... I believe him to at least be 32 years of age.....he has been through at least 4 different keepers with different husbandry ideas and techniques.... ----- John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

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