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RE: Best advice so far!

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Posted by: Bluerosy at Fri Mar 28 20:22:57 2014   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bluerosy ]  
   

actually leaving the snake without feeding it will can cause problems.

In todays world we ship snakes to different geographical locations. Which is most likely far away from where the original spp originated from. Then add to the fact that different time zones and other forces that will throw a snake off if not fed right away.

So there is no reason to NOT feed the kingsnake and then leave it alone to digest and adjust... that way the snake at least conditions itself to it new location and won't go off feed.

This advice of not feeding a snake and allowing it to settle in used to be something I was told back in the 60's and 70's. So everybody just accepted that as gospel. I would like to think herpetoculture has progressed in the last 40 years.

This "assumption" is just that. An assumption! Pure assumption that these snakes need this "time". But for what reason? If anything it makes the snake less likely to eat and get back on track in a new part of the world.

I have seen this too many times when shipping thousands of snakes over the last few decades, and then the people who do not take this advice have a hard time getting a good feeder to eat again.
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Another oddity, snakes have scent glands, hmmmmmmmmmm what are they for?
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