from my personal observations i do believe snakes enjoy a range of different things, whenever it starts to rain, they all come out of their hides and lie in the rain, just like they come out when the sun starts hitting their branches. (obviously the sun fills their heat requirement, but the rain i believe they just like, they could always soak in their water bowls if being wet was a 'need'.)
the diamonds go pink with excitement when they eat, they also get a slight pink tinge when they go and lie in the rain, Bella gets a slight pink tinge when the sun hits her fave spot. the other species dont seem to get a colour change thing going, but they react the exact same way.
tehy also understand alot more than we give them credit for, on feeding day i bring the snakes in and feed them in 3 groups, and they know exactly whats happening, those that are in hard to reach places get left and within 15 mins of their aviary mates being taken in they've moved to an easy access spot and dont cling to the branch, or theyre waiting by the door of their section. even the jungles let me pick them up without going tense of striking.
snakes seem to accept being in a box better than lizards do, depending on box size and setup vs snake size and species, its probably not exactly cruel, but also not a quality life.
for me its a personal perference to give them what i consider a quality life, i feel like prison guard walking into my snake room when theyre in their indoor cages, theyre happy for 3 days while digesting but after that they want to go back outside.
before i had the aviaries they appeared to be happy in their fancy large well deccorated boxes, i guess if they dont know any different they cant miss it.
One diamond i have seemed pretty floppy/weak housed indoors since he never moved in his indoor cage, since being outside and having loads of stuff to climb and getting exercise hes no longer floppy, so i believe theres also health benefits in having happy active snakes..
the diamonds go pink with excitement when they eat, they also get a slight pink tinge when they go and lie in the rain, Bella gets a slight pink tinge when the sun hits her fave spot. the other species dont seem to get a colour change thing going, but they react the exact same way.
tehy also understand alot more than we give them credit for, on feeding day i bring the snakes in and feed them in 3 groups, and they know exactly whats happening, those that are in hard to reach places get left and within 15 mins of their aviary mates being taken in they've moved to an easy access spot and dont cling to the branch, or theyre waiting by the door of their section. even the jungles let me pick them up without going tense of striking.
snakes seem to accept being in a box better than lizards do, depending on box size and setup vs snake size and species, its probably not exactly cruel, but also not a quality life.
for me its a personal perference to give them what i consider a quality life, i feel like prison guard walking into my snake room when theyre in their indoor cages, theyre happy for 3 days while digesting but after that they want to go back outside.
before i had the aviaries they appeared to be happy in their fancy large well deccorated boxes, i guess if they dont know any different they cant miss it.
One diamond i have seemed pretty floppy/weak housed indoors since he never moved in his indoor cage, since being outside and having loads of stuff to climb and getting exercise hes no longer floppy, so i believe theres also health benefits in having happy active snakes..