Ive had them in a 100 gal aquarium, and they are currently all around 1ft length, with a girth that is almost too wide for my thumb and index finger to reach around. They all are eating small adult mice(all except Allie that is) on almost a daily basis. Theres a pretty supple cricket population that continues to thrive in their enclosure as well, so they have continuous snacking priviledges In the next couple months they are moving to a much larger enclosue...my b-friend and I havent yet come to an agreement on the size, as he will be the one to build it. I think 8ft long x 4ft wide x 4ft tall would be good, not to mention easy to build since wood/plastic sheets come in

the size 8x4. I plan on raising them all together for the extent of their lives, unless something comes up that makes me think otherwise(like Allies situation for instance). The point is so that I can observe social behaviours in this sort of a situation with multi individuals raised together. Time will only tell. I suppose ideally I would want to do this sort of observational research in a much larger area...maybe a couple acres, but since that is WAY beyond my means, Im sort of limited to this. So I guess in that regard, Im simply trying to understand how captivity effects group behaviour. ....or something along those lines. I guess I still need to really narrow down the parameters of what Im trying to accomplish here.





Here's to back yard "field research".



-Michelle

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