in close...i hope...LOL i am not condeming(sp) his book. i am against books that only tried it once to get the photos and write a bio and sell a label.

yes i know the aza bit. i wish i could work with better zoos. zoos that had enough help financially to work with say, madagascar species as a captive breeding effort and work with hobbiests to ensure the survival of a species of genus.

I can't tell you what zoo but it's a sad snake. just lays there all day with out a mate. the currator tried to duplicate what i was doing in hopes of cancelling the job for other habtiats and failed. she put holly instead of oak, she cut living trees instead of finding felled ones, she refused a newer heating system and stuch with the old noisy blower fan...one keeper one currator one bad taste. you sound pretty even so accept my curt comments.

i found that in paludariums for snakes and larger lizards, it's
best to use a mix of MH and Phos lights, introduce dry air and build the "hides or burrows" far above the water line and of a concrete mix that is sealed of course but with two entrances. also i've found that having a uv sterilizer in the sump area or in-pond circulation system.

also, couldn't raiseing the water temps a bit help? just a thought, i've stopped working with garters and such as i'm trying to just create markets for more consumer awareness and most of our clients own a python or boa over even kings.

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