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i take it that when a immature or even adult snake falls from a considerable distance its not too good? aside from the obvious what can happening if a snake falls too much? from ones hand to the floor ie in the cage? thnx all Mike.

Mike, you wrote earlier, re: feeding every 10 days versus every 7: ... "against what the guy who does reptile shows and sold me my snake told me and what your telling me im going with your advice i... this really isnt power feeding? i just saw a post that said let them grow naturely?so that ten days thing that he told me is i guess for lack of a better word Bs ?"
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Mike,
What might be the most important lesson to learn from the forums is that there are many--many--RIGHT ways of doing things. there is no single right way. One person feeds every ten days. Another every five. Or more often. Neither is wrong. They're doing things in different ways. Ditto for temps--78? 83? Both will work. Tanks or trays? either's fine. Mice or rats? Dead or live? one full sized meal or several small food items? They're all just diff ways of doing things, and they'll work fine for diff people. Try diff approaches but not at the extremes (dropping your snakes is always an undesirable thing) and you'll find the methods that you like best and that your snakes do well on.

The people you have to beware of are the ones that tell you there IS only one way--it's always THEIR way--and that everything else is wrong. In the famous words of Monty Python, "run away, run away"

The outcome of the exchanges on "power feeding," by the way, was that the people who said power feeding is bad were defining power feeding as something along the lines of "feeding to a degree that makes the snake fat or unhealthy". Well, d'oh! Of course that makes it a bad thing. Define power feeding instead along the lines of, "feeding aggressively to optimize growth without harming the animal" and it's an entirely different, and acceptable practice.

i would just like to see them hanging from my neck ? i dont know call me silly!

OK, you are silly (but only in that regard). Mike: if you want jewelry, buy jewelry. Or a necktie. If you want a live animal to admire, enjoy your kingsnakes but don't feel the need to wear them. The rest of your posts here have emphasized how much you care for the animals and want to take proper care of them--stick with those impulses, and forget about kings as wardrobe items.

peace
terry

You Know Something? i like you terry, its definately encouraging when i hear words of wisdom like those you have imparted me! i agree, monty python is the funniest thing going, and i kinda feel like theres a lesson to be learned from his movies, what lesson ahh i guess its diff for every person like u said! i like your style! you not out to bs me or are u! heh heh, just joking around, it was extremely sobering to read you post to me and very honest too boot!hard to find from most ppl nowadays, a friend of mine once said dont lie to ppl Mike...your only lying to oneself, the more i think about what he had said the more it makes sense...spoof movies are great for that kind of wit and humor and scarcasm...not to bore you but when i did a stint at petland, where i aquired the love for kings,my boss lady by the way, always complained about my scarcasm, matter of fact almost all of my close immeadiate (exc the spelling)family and friends complain about my sarcasm, if your ready for this one she also accused me of being condesceding! can u believe that?!? well not too chew your ear off, i have a habit of doing that, or at least so i have been told! im going to remember one glorius tibit of knowledge you have imparted to me! if ppl tell ya thats the only way it works as in anything not just snake keeping im running away far far away! its true my expression was up until now im heading for the hills! would love to talk to you more on a personal level, i dont wanna date ya just have decent chats about this or that, weather how the wind is blowing...just joking! anyway lemme cut this short as if i havent already! just so u know im going to play the feeding thing by ear! i'll see how i feel about tossing my two kings pinks on sun, if they look it i'll give em if not they can wait a day or two extra no biggie again i really liked your post thanks for keeping it the way it outa be between ppl genuine and true! Mike.