Overdue update - Page 2

derekcm87 · 06-08-11, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by stephanbakir

Not saying shes underfed, and I hate seeing fat animals. But as they get older they generally become 1.5 times as thick as yours, all lean muscle.

I agree.

stephanbakir · 06-08-11, 08:18 PM

What I don't understand is why people fatten their animals up in the first place, they get really lazy and its hard to bring them from fat to skinny again. It wont make them grow that much faster, and it shortens their lifespan bringing down their total growth potential.
Case in point (i know its not a retic)

TeaNinja · 06-08-11, 08:27 PM

wow..... his son is a PERFECT prey item for his snake O.O
i would never let any children near a snake that size.

derekcm87 · 06-08-11, 08:27 PM

Yeah I seen this picture before. Disguisting....

TeaNinja · 06-08-11, 08:30 PM

LOL, is that a 2nd normal burm next to the albino????
wow lol.

derekcm87 · 06-08-11, 08:31 PM

it is! I just noticed that too

stephanbakir · 06-08-11, 08:32 PM

Both have the same weight issue... How people let their animals get to that point and have the nerve to snap a picture is beyond me.
Hell fluffy was 24 feet long and 300 pounds, that albino is 15-17 feet and probably well over 300lbs

NennaMeerkat · 06-08-11, 08:37 PM

I think we have a tendency to overfeed all our pets...and snakes of course are no different. Cats, dogs, rats ect ect We think we are showing "love" to animal by feeding it all the time. What we don't realize is how much it actually hurts. I don't think it is so much as "I want a big snake so I am gonna feed it a lot" all the time. It could be misinformation as well as this complex to feed our animals to death out of love. We get pleasure seeing an animal eating (and though not in a snake's case) enjoy the food we give...thus making us want to give more.

Make some sense?

derekcm87 · 06-08-11, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by NennaMeerkat

I think we have a tendency to overfeed all our pets...and snakes of course are no different. Cats, dogs, rats ect ect We think we are showing "love" to animal by feeding it all the time. What we don't realize is how much it actually hurts. I don't think it is so much as "I want a big snake so I am gonna feed it a lot" all the time. It could be misinformation as well as this complex to feed our animals to death out of love. We get pleasure seeing an animal eating (and though not in a snake's case) enjoy the food we give...thus making us want to give more.

Make some sense?

I think you are right, although I do seem to hear people (younger inexperienced snake keepers) brag about how much their snake can eat, how big it is, how fast they got it to grow more than I would like to hear. I think they think it makes them cool because they have this huge snake.

NennaMeerkat · 06-08-11, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by derekcm87

I think you are right, although I do seem to hear people (younger inexperienced snake keepers) brag about how much their snake can eat, how big it is, how fast they got it to grow more than I would like to hear. I think they think it makes them cool because they have this huge snake.

Oh yeah I hear that too...but then as you said it is with the younger generation. You can always hope that those younger people find some older breeder/keeper to really get an education on. OR that those people end up losing their snakes because of ill care. And I mean someone offering to take the snake or a humane rescue group...not a dead snake.

reptile65 · 06-08-11, 09:00 PM

Yikes! That picture is unbelievable. I have never seen a snake that obese...

stephanbakir · 06-08-11, 08:39 PM

Those snakes could go go a year without food and they would still be obese lol. That was nothing but negligence:P Regarding dereks animal, for its age its in perfect shape.

NennaMeerkat · 06-08-11, 08:42 PM

It still could be misinformation. I fed my two corn snakes up to 4 mice every week. I was later told that if they were eating that much they didn't need to be fed every week but more like every 2 weeks. So many people buy animals (not just reptiles) without really knowing how to properly care for them. Sometimes it comes back to bite them in the butt with a sick animal and sometimes they get away with it. I used to rescue rats for this very reason...people would overfeed them junk and then when the rat got to big OR had health issues they would end up passing them off to me. I would get them back in shape and everything would be better.

I bet the same thing often happens with snakes.

Lankyrob · 06-09-11, 05:48 AM

Pity that snake isnt in the UK - the RSPCA would lock him up for having an animal that obese. That "owner" (cant bring myself to call him a keeper as he is scum) should be arrested for abuse.

NennaMeerkat · 06-09-11, 05:52 AM

No doubt there Lanky...that snake should be removed and the guy fined a good sum of cash to make him remember.