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Does anyone think it matters if kings can see out? What i mean is I keep some in a rack system with opaque rubbermaid containers, and others in cages with plexi fronts. A friend of mine keeps frogs and felt sorry for the animals who could not see out...I mean it is not like they are watching TV..lol
Just wondering....

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Ball Python
Jungle Carpet Python
Eastern King
Mexican Black King
Sonoran Gopher
Aberrent Cal King
Anduran Milk
Hypo Brooks
Amel Motley Corn
White Sided Bull
Striped Pacific Gopher

I love the smell of aspen shavings in the morning...lol

"To serve man..it's...it's a cookbook!"

Why are they not watching tv?
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don't marry the cow when the milk is free when the milk drys up it's time for a new cow

they are not watching TV because they fight over the remote....
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Ball Python
Jungle Carpet Python
Eastern King
Mexican Black King
Sonoran Gopher
Aberrent Cal King
Anduran Milk
Hypo Brooks
Amel Motley Corn
White Sided Bull
Striped Pacific Gopher

I love the smell of aspen shavings in the morning...lol

"To serve man..it's...it's a cookbook!"

I've heard it said that opaque cages are better because the snakes cannot see out, thereby reducing stress. But I disagree somewhat. I think it matters little as long as the snake has hiding opportunity.

I know a guy who has had a Cal king for around 23 years in an all-glass tank in a high-traffic area. I know another guy who has rosyboas in clear boxes, some of which are 20-something years old. If these snakes are stressed, they sure deal with it well.

Glass is non-toxic and doesn't offgass dangerous chemicals. Some plastics do. There is a reason some plastic boxes have a plastic odor, and those molecules one smells are not very good for any living thing when exposed all of the time. When you smell food-safe plastic boxes like FDA-approved HDPE and polycarbonate, there is no odor at all. My point here is clear glass is safer than some plastics, and so the clear vs opaque issue is secondary.
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Mark

One of my Corns wathes tv... or at least the movement of it.
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Holly

0.1 Lavender California Kingsnake (Lizzie Borden) (missing )
1.0 Florida Kingsnake (Eddie Gein)
0.0.2 Cornsnakes (Lyle & Erik Menendez)
1.0 Bearded Dragon (Charley Manson)
1.0 Orange Marmalade Cat (Oliver)
1.0 Black Cat (Shadowfax)
1.0 Egyptian Arabian (Bagan) (Deceased )
1.0 Tennessee Walking Horse (Durango)

2.0 Toddlers (Justice & Trevor)