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Originally Posted by Aaron_S
The bold...the second red flag on why I wouldn't buy or listen to this person. Who doesn't quarantine? Secondly, it would have to be some disgusting set up for cross contamination. Internal parasites don't just up and walk away...
The italics...why do you keep two at the bottom and middle of the cage and none at the top where she apparently spends most of her time? She doesn't bask in the middle.
The underline...you've given this animal ONLY one choice to bask. She will continue to do so because without she'll die. It doesn't make it optimal. That's like putting it in a glass bowl full of water and saying it "loves to swim all the time".
I'm not bitter about anything. I'm frustrated because people like you come here because you believe we know a better solution than you can come up with on your own so you ask a question. You get answers and because they don't match up with YOUR ideas you put them off and criticize them. It's fine to ask for further detail but not a person has come to say myself or Lady_bug is wrong so it should say something.
So now because you don't want to admit to things being your mistake since you're dead set on the arboreal set up because you think it's best you're now saying that due to it eating on a better schedule it would regurge?
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I wasn't criticizing your ideas. I was just stating that you haven't proven to me why my setup was wrong even when my snake was thermoregulating herself with the proper temperatures available.
The reason why I don't have a thermometer at the top is because I have taped a helix proportional thermostat to her basking area, and I also check a few times a day with my infrared heat gun to make sure her hotspot is in check. Basically, the temperatures for the whole cage are accounted for.
How many options can I give to a snake so small? Small snakes kept in tubs or even smaller enclosures usually only have one choice of heat, be it a heat tape, pad, or a light. Also, what is not optimal about it? She goes up, she basks at 90F. <--- Is there something wrong here?
I am also not deadset on an arboreal setup. I don't like repeating myself but I will. I have said before that I would give it some time to confirm that she doesn't continue to thermoregulate herself based on the setup I have given her, before taking the advice of the posters here including you and giving her a terrestrial type of setup.
EDIT: I mentioned the powerfeeding so that it may give some more insight on the problem. I don't mean to redirect the fault at the previous owner. Heck I don't even know the problem is!
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