The reason my post comes from the direction it does is because this is not a question of what should I do from the start; rather it is a post of "what to do" after I didn't do the "What not to do".



You say:



>housing 2 different sized corns together is not necessarilly wrong.



and



>But does this mean live rodents or bad? Or you can't feed live rats? No.



Amanda's situation falls within the limits of this line of reasoning and is most likely making a trip to the vet with an injured snake.



I'm sorry, I just can't say it is O.K. to house 2 snakes together and feed live rodents. Period.



Anyone who is thinking and posting it is still O.K. to house snakes together with special reasons or feed live rodents with no problem on this thread is beyond my thinking I guess.



This is a perfect example of why it is NOT O.K.



Terry Parks







>>My response does not have much to do with the original post, as I think that has been answered. But in the process it seems like some incorrect information was given out.

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>>First of all I would like to say (as I have said before) this is the major fault of getting information from forums. One minute someone posts a message saying one thing, next minute someone else says the opposite with the same level of confidence and justification.

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>>Now, as far as the things that were said. To say a person should never house 2 corns together is wrong. It needs some qualification. Also, housing 2 different sized corns together is not necessarily wrong. That also needs some qualification.

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>>I find this disconcerting. I understand that it is easy to just say things when you are typing them, but remember, many people read these posts. Not only is it confusing to hear 3 different things, but chances are at least one of them is wrong, But does this mean live rodents or bad? Or you can't feed live rats? No.

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or at least inaccurately stated.

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>>The next thing is the issue of live food. As per the Corn Manual, Kathy says that corns are very adept at killing mice and rats, and rarely get hurt. In fact she says that some breeders always use live feeders. The statements made here by some people need some qualification. I don't know any statistics on it, but I would bet with some accuracy that 90% of the time when a rodent injures a corn it is because the corn was not intending to eat that rodent. This was the situation in this case. >>Now this should no be confused with the fact that some people have made their own decisions regarding certain questions . For instance I would never feed a live rat to my corn. Does that mean it shouldn’t be done?. No.

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>>Anyway, I don't know - it just bothers me when people don’t say true things (or at least clearly qualify that they are stating their opinion). Especially on an online forum like this where people come to read to learn.

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