Frank, I would have to say that is actually the best post I have read from you. You touched on some really cool points. So let me ask your opinion on few things.

"Also, if you understand behavior, the animals that have been kept for years in a solitary situation are not good candidates for learning what BONDING IS or can be. "

Do you think, that learned behavior is passed down through generations? If all previous snakes for 10 or 15 generations were set up in solitary cages would the offspring be passed down that info? Or would it take hundreds of generations?

"With reptiles, they have a strong tendency to repeat successful events.

With the exception of human race which is way to complex for this discussion, wouldn't all species do this? I mean it's only natural and passed down to generations right?

"To rehash, behavior is seperate from physical support, you are required to have physical support, to allow behavioral support. And yes, they are intertwined, but why confuse this more then needed. "

Understood but it is a little more complex than that, if one part of physical support is off the whole behavioral support will be flawed. If this is the case and you cannot reproduce mother nature, how do you come to the conclusion of this is what they like and this what they don't?

See this is the exciting part of this hobby. You can change one part of physical support and have the same outcome. If you change 3 parts you can have the same out come but different behaviors. I am a hobbyist, I am also changing slight differences each year and recording the data. I have noticed that females like to breed and lay eggs the same time every year. I think the next couple years will be multiple lay boxes/sites to see if they choose a separate location or the same. I have 3 or 4 females that have laid on day 7, four years in a row. I think they will be good candidates.

What do you think the outcome will be? Will it be learned from previous experiences or would instinct from long ago make them choose a different day and a different more suitable site?
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