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Started volunteering at a zoo! Saw some real beauties!

lilbitlizz Jun 10, 2003 05:08 PM

Hey everyone,
I recently moved to Memphis before starting college here, and I've started volunteering at the Memphis zoo. Today was my first real day, and boy are there some beauties there! I'm mainly working with spiders (ew) but I get to sneak over to the Herp house every once in a while. Today I saw my supervisor force-feed a coral snake and three hairy vipers. Yum. They've got a BCI there that must be at least 9 feet long and a foot in diameter at its largest. I sure hope mine dosen't get that big! Will snakes stay limited in size in accordance to their habitat? She's been in the same enclosure for 7 years, if I leave her in it, will she stay the same size?

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xXVanXx Jun 10, 2003 07:02 PM

I don't think snakes stop glowing ,there not like fish that grow only so big if kepted in a small tank or a pond packed full,its more of a eating thing with repttiles,the more they eat the bigger they get.like baby boa's if kepted warm and feed alot with glow like mad in the 1st 2 years,some one correct me if im wrong

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