90% of the time RI is from poor husbandary,or what I like to call "generic" husbandary.Every snake is differnt and every snake "needs" something that general populations dont.
BCI thrive on "conservative" regardless of the topic,"conservative" wins out 99% of the time.
Example;
35-40%Humidity
Temps 80-85*
Ambient room temp maintained @ 80-85* year round.
Feed from birth @ 14 days after first year then feed every 21 days till the age of 5 then every 28 days till death.
I have 22 year old 2.4 WC Hog Isles that have never seen a down day in their "long" healthy lives.
Then again I dont follow "generic husbandry" either.
Theres no need to cook your snakes with 90 * temps nor have humidity levels @50-60%
I have plenty of "proof" conservative husbandry leads to long time friends and followiong generic husbandry sheets head toward short term "pets"
It all depends on what your after ?

RI ?? LOL!! not around here !!

M/

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• WHAT CAUSES A RI??? - SHHAWKE, Sat Apr 9 06:36:26 2005
• RE: WHAT CAUSES A RI??? - RuBeN14, Sat Apr 9 11:00:53 2005
• RE: WHAT CAUSES A RI??? - Paradigmboas, Sat Apr 9 11:16:55 2005
• thanks... more - shhawke, Sat Apr 9 19:13:50 2005
• RE: thanks... more - metachrosis, Sat Apr 9 23:45:39 2005