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There needs to be a revolution of sorts with who sets the exceptable sizes of cages. How do we truely know how big the cage should be?? A book that was written in the 70's by some guy you used to keep snakes in his moms basement ( I'm being sarcastic with the basement comment) ?? There hasn't been an update to our hobby in a very long time. Yes, there's new gadgets, and easier ways to clean and maintain cages, but what about evolving the basics behind keeping reptiles?? Any one with me or am I the only one that feels this way about it?? I mean, has any one thought of the fact that maybe the reason why some ball pythons are problem feeders?? I've kept mine in a larger tank than needed and he's eaten like a horse. I know I'm not the only one that's mentioned this in this forum, and I think it's an idea that needs to stay alive in the minds of all of us! Any thoughts??

I agree that the "standards" on everything seem to be outdated. Granted there's no offical "correct" way to do one thing, but it's ridiculous that you will get 20 different answers from 20 different people about a simple topic. I just can't think of an easy way to come up with "standard answers" due to everyone's different opinions. I agree with you on the ball python feeding response as well. I've got two living together in a much larger than needed cage and they both feed without any problems. Let me know if you've got any ideas on the unification idea.

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1.0 Anery Columbian Redtail Boa
1.0 Striped Coastal Carpet/Irian Jaya Carpet Python
0.1 Gray Banded Kingsnake
1.1 Ball Pythons
1.0 Sunglow Striped Corn
1.2 Leopard Geckos (Albino, Severe Reduced Patter, Carrot tail)
1.1 Pugs (Male-Fawn, Female-Black)
Various Fish