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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895
So you're saying that solitary creatures that only seek each other out for sex during a certain time of year have separation anxiety? Sure sounds legit to me.
Also IBD isn't fast in boas. They can carry it for a long time without symptoms and they can show symptoms for a quite awhile without death.
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Please pay attention to details before putting words into somebody's mouth. Not once did I say anything specifying separation anxiety. I said stress. Considering advice is constantly given to not handle animals like chameleons because they are easily 'stressed' I don't want to hear anything from anybody saying herps don't experience stress. Also, snakes aren't solely solitary. However, not the point of the thread. Please move on.
Nor do I understand why it would ever be foolish to pass on the information of people who study these animals and their health for a living. Especially when more than 4 of them came up with the same conclusion. These snakes are not wild and have been together for a long time. It is not unheard of to find some snakes that do get along and some that don't. There is nothing implicating that said interactions couldn't be further expressed.
Smy, will you quit your arrogant ****? I'm not saying that because there isn't proof to say otherwise it's true. I'm saying you don't know whether or not it is. You don't honestly know if your snake understands or not. If a dog can learn to read and a gorilla can learn sign language and reptiles like monitors have already proven they can learn new behaviours, what exactly makes you think that they don't understand simply choose to ignore you? You don't. Monty understands 'NO' better than most dogs when it comes to him wanting to slither out of the bath. Now I'm pretty sure thats more of it's a loud tonal noise that's making him rethink exiting the tub less of an actual recognition and understanding but besides that none of you actually know. I don't claim to know. They haven't actually mapped out the human brains yet or dog brains... They've barely scratched the surface of reptile brains.
Now. The topic of this thread is is the rescue and well being of these snakes, not your unknowledgeable prejudice on an unrelated debate that remains long winded and fruitless. Nothing anyone here can tell me at all will convince me otherwise. So before you waste your time, don't bother. If you want to start a debate thread, be my guest, but this is not the thread for said nonsense.
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