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i have had my brooks king now for over a month and he just seems very reluctant to venture out of his cool end hide???? im sodistraut by this seeing as how one hes bigger then my cali king and two his colours are nicer? allthough my cali in my oppnion is a better bred stock of snake ? just was tryin to get a idea why he hasnt said his hellos ? keeping him or not i still would like to know why hes so shy? any pointers on gettin him to venture out and swim around his 20 gal long i know mistake if i knew then, but my cali is in a ten and he cant get enuff of crusing around it checking me out and just doing the escaping thing every now n then, any pointers would be used! appr it, MIke.S GO KNICK'S.

what do you mean 'keeping him or not' didnt you JUST get these snakes recently? And you have already been talking about trading them in for something else? And as for the hiding snake all I would concern myself with is his health. If you wanted a pet to entertain you you should have gotten a dog or cat. Snakes aren't exactly the most interactive animal and if they don't need food or shelter or more/less heat they aren't likely to go out of their way to go for a walk when in the wild this could end up with them getting seen by a predator and eaten.
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Sue Barnett
1.0 Florida King (Vega)
0.1 Western hognose (Sola)
0.1 Egyptian spiny mouse (Mia)
4.2 mini rex rabbits (Basil, Pippin, Reggie, Hayden, Jackie and Peek-a-boo)
0.1 Plott hound (Molly)
1.0 half Arab (Zarr)
1.0 Betta (Flash)

thnx sue really informative becuz i have a desert king that thats all he does is entertain me and himself! i would appr it if u did not reply to my posts from now on, i dont like the manner in which u speak sorry. MIKE.S

Mike,
Sue's post was a little feisty but mostly correct in my opinion. Just mentally omit the parts where she gets into your business. I've said a hundred times. My motto is..."A hidden snake is a happy snake." If I come into my herp room and all my enclosures look empty, I know I'm doing something right. If their out and about and pacing around, I try to figure out what they need. A lot of times they just want food or a mate which we can't give them anytime they want. But sometimes it can mean your temps are off or a lot of other things.
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Martin Whalin
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understood i'll try and take that advice, my brooks tank is like that seems empty because hes not ever out.i appreciate the back up about sue i like that gettin in my buiz wasnt that just seemed rude is all, not to be mean but i dont think shes gettin it well enuff yeah i said it, like isaid tho not trying to be mean just wish she would lay off me a lil. thnx martin always like your posts, keep keeping it real! fight the good fight. Mike