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FR
at Mon Apr 8 13:55:27 2013 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]
Whats normal to most snakes is no need to drink water, they normally get their moisture needs in their food, then limit dehydration.
They live in neutral humidity areas, avoid dehydration, then only seek wet, when dehydrated. In other words, when its dry out, the avoid the surface or only come out early or late when ground level humidity is highest.
In captivity, there are lots of ways to attend to this problem, a box with moist, not wet, soil, is often all thats needed, that and limited air lose.
Why that female and not others, good question. Lots of could be's, anywhere from, shes different, thinner skin. Hey they are all individuals and slightly different from eachother. To she could have damaged her kidneys at some point(extreme dehydration event) I really cannot say why her.
Give her a moisture box. See how that works. Good luck
In captivity, this is one of the most overlooked and attended to areas of husbandry and its one of the most important.
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RE: Female hoggie not drinking normally - FR, Mon Apr 8 13:55:27 2013