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kieransylvester · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject:

lol thats true i never thought about it like that. I guess i was thinking of trying to be as close to nature as possible. Do snakes scavange in the wild or always hunt???

Lynne · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 10:43 pm Post subject:

royals tend to lie in holes and wait for something to come along. they are lazy sods Laughing

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kieransylvester · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 10:47 pm Post subject:

yeah i thought so but didnt really think they would scavange for food. they use their heat pits for sensing movement with heat vision dont they. i guess thats why we need to warm the rats lol and of course who can forget the amazing tongues

Lynne · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject:

they sense heat with the pits. and smell with thier tongues. they are amazing really. what else could survive as long as them without eating.
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kieransylvester · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject:

i know i was reading that anacondas can go over a year after eating a large meal. i love anacondas they really are stunning i think they may well be to large to keep though

alastair · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject:

not too large to keep-plenty do-but cut your teeth on something smaller first.
With regard to strike feeding, when you have a few royals (and you will!!), think how long it will take to take to waggle a mouse in front of all them. If it takes a dead stationary rat, let it!
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so many morphs, so little money
1.1 Beardies
2.1 Homo sapiens jnr
0.1 royals owned by mikey

alastair · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject:

not too large to keep-plenty do-but cut your teeth on something smaller first.
With regard to strike feeding, when you have a few royals (and you will!!), think how long it will take to take to waggle a mouse in front of all them. If it takes a dead stationary rat, let it!
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so many morphs, so little money
1.1 Beardies
2.1 Homo sapiens jnr
0.1 royals owned by mikey

Lynne · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject:

to be honest im trying to get my boa to eat without striking. she is like atrain just now, i dunno what like a strike from her would be when she is fully grown.
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kieransylvester · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:23 pm Post subject:

yeah i love the boas too they are amazing and so beautiful too. i would like one soon. god im like a child in a candy shop. i love the chondros but thats a future project. what kind of boa do you have lynne? one question too - should you provide a a water bath for royals, i have a large bowl in the viv but i have never seen her drink from it but when i put her back in the viv over the water bowl she always takes a drink i think she is just lazy

Rad · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject: