Quality of life, hmmm Well, you're giving the snake safety from predators and from extreme weather, and in return the snake can't put all of its resources to work living in its natural habitat. It seems like a compromise, but not a bad one. If the snake isn't stressed, then its life can't be that bad.



Considering that wild kingsnakes/milksnakes spend most of their time hidden from view, then I would suspect that hiding in captivity is not a problem at all.



In setups where snakes hide most of the time, you find that the snakes in those cages are doing well (again talking about kings/milks.)



Sometimes captives can get very bold and openly cruise when hungry or else follow your hand along the cage. Sometimes captives may cruise at night looking to get out of the cage, driven by some behavior. And then you have the activity when conditions are not OK and the snake is trying to get away from its area.



I'd say your snake is probably getting all it needs, and so it doesn't have to or want to do alot of open activity.

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• Quality of life question... - wpglaeser, Mon Jan 16 16:22:18 2006
• RE: Quality of life question... - kingsnaken, Mon Jan 16 21:05:20 2006
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• RE: Quality of life question... - markg, Tue Jan 17 15:55:56 2006
• a couople quick observations - Rtdunham, Wed Jan 18 18:50:46 2006
• RE: a couople quick observations - wpglaeser, Thu Jan 19 16:41:24 2006