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at Sat Jan 4 08:58:14 2014 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]
Yes, I have, since I have been keeping and breeding snakes since 1964. They just get old, lose their color, get cataracts, cannot crawl right, but just keep going until they cannot go any more. With kings, that would be around 30 or more years of age My oldest lived to 35.
I have discovered if you cool/hibernate, old snakes, they pass peacefully while cool. it seems brumation is a bit stressful on them. I have no interest in having longevity records past where the snakes can crawl.
I had an old Lace monitor that I purchased that came in old and screwed up in about every way possible, except it would eat. Friends would ask me to put it down. It could not walk but would keep eating.
I am sure you take great care of your snakes. There are some difficult to understand things when you work with animals that cannot talk and do not grip. They attempt to make the best out of any and all situations. The heat thing is something that goes hand in hand with that.
All reptiles require X amount of heat to metabolize. Most snakes fall into nearly identical areas of heat use. What makes them unique is how they get their heat/food/other resources. End part 1
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