Could you give me a site address for this i would love to read about it.
Could you give me a site address for this i would love to read about it.
Well my home library would not have literature papers in it so i figure any reading is better than none. But i will ask my boss if she has any idea where i can get some info. She is a vet and her library alone at the clinic is amazing. Otherwise i'll ask the honour student i was volunteering for capturing carpet pythons in leschenault peninsula, she should have something being that she was studying them. The conversation about the intelligence of snakes was not among the conversations we had while working together. Hopefully I haven't fried my brain so much while studying conservation and wildlife biology at uni and its not too complicated for me.
This is so true... I notice my snakes using their branches to help push their meals down. Once they have eaten they like to do a bit of climbing and moving until they have pushed that food right down. I wonder how this would affect an animal that could barely move.
Maybe you should start a thread in the introduction section for this sort of stuff as it is kind of irrelevant to the topic..
wow this is still going!
not sure if this has been said yet (probably has by now)
but, lets look at this from the snake/lizards POV.
reptiles DON'T enjoy beeing out in the open and in full view of the world (glass frount enclosure lets say in the lounge room)
they feel safer if they think no one is watching them, and would be more inclined to move about get a drink and sit on the hot spot when they feel safe. (in an opaque colored tub/container)
where as in a glass frount enclosuer all thou it migh look pritter to you and me, is a lot more open and therforth exposed and so the reptiles are going to spend more time hiding and be under more stress than the ones in the rack,
with the rack depending on the types of containers used, the reptiels would not notice foot traffic half the time, but in the glass enclosuer, there going to notice every time some one or some thing (other pets, dogs cats etc) walk past and disturb them.
reptiles DON'T enjoy beeing out in the open and in full view of the world (glass frount enclosure lets say in the lounge room)
they feel safer if they think no one is watching them, and would be more inclined to move about get a drink and sit on the hot spot when they feel safe. (in an opaque colored tub/container)
When ever I put on a bit of music such as Mettallica one of my retics slips his head out of the roof cavity and sways to the music. So to say that most snakes dont enjoy human contact and being incorporated into everyday life is rubbish
As soon as people begin to understand that snakes are very similar in many ways to other pets they will start treating them the same way
Reptiles have had 30,000 years of being treated pretty badly
Only been treated as pets very recently
Look at the huge retics and burmese that sleep with kids etc etc
That is only possible because they have been incorporated into general family life
They know and understand a lot more than most people give them credit for
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just like bettsy the boa that bit her owners face. It only takes one bite to throw that theory of yours out the window!
Who says they're in small tubs. I think some of you people need to see a rack setup before you make a stupid comment!Agree very much with Waterrat-they care for their animals but when it comes down to it many people are keeping reptiles to breed them and then make plenty of cash from it, it's of course better for the reptile and the keeper when the keeper's main goal is make sure they are healthy and happy, and to enjoy and learn from these amazing creatures for what they are. Keeping large snakes, well any snakes, in small tubs for their entire lives is quite cruel in my opinion.
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