Of course there are ways, mainly its getting away from a single cage, single condition, mentality.



In nature, they pick places that have the choices they commonly make. That is, from hot to cool, and consistant humidity. At times these places are limited by season, so they have several places they use. When one becomes unsuitable, they simply move to one that is suitable. Each snake or colony of snakes, has a very set number of these.



There are several things to consider, under normal conditions, food is not a concern, their enviornment normally supplys plenty with easy access. But under abnormal conditions, behavior can and does change, unusual rain, can cause snakes to relocate, drought, fire, tractors, etc., can also cause disruption of normal behavior.



Also social behavior can cause disruption of behavior, in other words, they can get booted out, by another individual. In fact, with younger individuals, its very normal to get booted forth and back. Larger older individuals pretty get their way. hahahahahahaha Such is life.



In captivity, you can see these things with larger cages that have more choices, also, by not sticking to one cage, but use a series of cages.



It sort of boggles my mind that people think of a cage as permanet to a snake, as in, this is my goini cage. Hmmmmmmmmmm How about this is my goini series of cages, in the winter they go there, in the spring there, and the summer there. That is kinda normal for them. Any questions, FR

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