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johonny Captivebred Colonel

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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject: do you think its cruel to stunt a burmese pythons growth |
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i think its horrible |
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kroakykaren Site Moderator

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:43 am Post subject: |
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Why would anybody want to do that? _________________
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Lynne ___________


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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:22 am Post subject: |
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yes it is! if they don't want a 16ft snake they should buy something smaller. |
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lophius Key Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:40 am Post subject: |
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dwarf burms - that's the way forward !!!!
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ern79 Contributing Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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dwarf burms and retics are the future _________________ "perfection in miniature" |
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Crunchie Key Member

Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Posts: 252 Location: Falkirk, Scotland
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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Out of curiosity how can you stunt a snakes growth anyway? By not feeding it or do people do something else?
It happens a lot to pet fish too (especially goldfish). I wish there could be some kind of law in place whereby one must have a suitably sized tank for an animal that was actually enforceable. |
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johonny Captivebred Colonel

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:47 pm Post subject: pythons |
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stunting a snake means feeding it much less than usual |
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Crunchie Key Member

Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Posts: 252 Location: Falkirk, Scotland
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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In other words starving it, I did wonder because there are ways of stunting animals like fish by not feeding them the proper diet when they are young. No excuse for starving an animal though, just because they can go for long periods of time with food doesn't mean they'd want to.
I think my corn and boa would go mad if they didn't get their weekly furry tasty!  |
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Nick Contributing Member

Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 189 Location: Kent
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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Why are you asking the question? |
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Crunchie Key Member

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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Nick wrote: | Why are you asking the question? |
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[sarcasm] Because I think it's a fantastic idea and quite fancy a mini burm myself or maybe a mini anaconda, that'd be fabulous. [/sarcasm]
If you'd looked at my first post you'd see my reason for asking the question. |
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