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Originally Posted by mikoh4792
Make that 3 with past experience as well. Picking little bits of an argument may just be wrong, but you have not told me which little bits I have used, and how they were used in the wrong way. You just put that statement out there without ever backing it up.
EDIT: could you tell me how I commit bad husbandry to my snake? It has everything it needs. Hides, water, thermal gradient. Small enough enclosure to feel secure along with the hides. You call this bad husbandry?
The funny thing is you never.... once... have addressed my point about the temperatures being correct. you keep saying "it isn't warm enough". I have repeated myself several times now. The temperatures are all correct and the snake uses them to thermoregulate herself. Please refute this once and for all. You keep avoiding this point and try to win the argument by bashing me by saying things like " Bad husbandy ","You don't know much"," my 4 year old can do that". These are all ad-hominem attacks meant to attack the person instead of the argument at hand.
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I brought up certain "attacks" as you call them as a refute to you and your reasoning for why you decided not to listen. You say this is your only snake with an issue, I say that's because the other two are so simple my young nephew can do it too so it isn't something for you to stand on.
I have attacked your argument. You seem to not refute it because you can't. You have a snake with a problem, I do not. Ergo, my information isn't as bad as you may think it is.
About your temperatures here is the post with your high temps. You're off by an easy 2 degrees steady. You should keep it 89 - 90 and not above.
http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/842931-post3.html
I never said it was the temps, I said the heating isn't working right. Which if you read that correctly could mean that your snake isn't achieving the proper temps. Despite what you're 6 thermometers read. It's your snake's temp, not the cage temp that truly matters. This is proved by the fact she regurged her meal two days later.
As well, your snake has shown that your enclosure isn't secure. If it was there would be no regurged rat in there. YOU say it is, but I doubt your snake is fully there yet. It took a meal so for the record it's partially secure.
The LAST thing, and I've presumed it thus far, is that you don't handle this snake like at all yet. If you do, that's a clear indicator of such behaviour as a regurge as it's STRESS. Stress isn't only from an insecure hide.
Like I said though, leaves aren't the same as a real tough solid piece to hide in. You can say it is, but trust me. Would you feel comfortable hiding yourself in leaves from a lion or would you feel more comfortable in something sturdy and covered on all sides? That's how your snake feels. I hope that's something you can understand since snake behaviour isn't quite your cup of tea yet.
EDIT: As it stands I'm awaiting an e-mail from the breeders in the States who first produced these animals when they were imported.
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