I am not making assumptions that your snakes are underfed. I am replying to what you said in your post.

What i understood you said was that powerfeeding is not good and we should limit food intake because snakes in the wild may go seasons without reproducing. So we should copy that since it is "natural".

So if we are to emulate the wild we should do the same, and elimate food choices? That is what you are syaing, correct?

So, I replied that since we are talking about bonding and since the snakes are in one encloser they will breed more than once every year or two or three, as in nature. Mine produce 2-3 clutches per year.

So is this bad? or is it better to not allow them to breed as much or restrict colories to eleimate breeding and reproduction . because as you say, that is what they do in nature.

So if we emulate nature we should allow the snakes to get thin. Maybe even hold off a month after a female lays and then offer one mouse ( bear with me here because I know this is an extreme and i know that you are not suggesting this).

I was saying that wild adults live to reproduce. They might reproduce once in their life and die. The lifecycle goes on and is accomplished for survival of the species..which is what they are desgned to to. SURVIVE!

Now if there is enough prey ietems the snakes are going to multiply and there will be more snakes but eventually those food sources will deprlete and reproduction will slow down and snakes will die due to starvation.

So my thinking is. Since we put them in a box already, why not help them "survive' a little better?? I don't see whats is wrong with that and I don't under stand your original post. What are you getting at?

I also asked what you meant about multi het animals that are sold as such . I don't get the connection between that and the rest of the post. Can i ask you again to expound what you meant on that further and what that has to do with choices ect and keeping the snakes happy?
-----

[ Show Entire Thread ]