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Forum: Food For Thought Forum 03-28-18, 07:34 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 791
Posted By TRD
Re: VBB not eating.

Vietnamese Blue Beauty snake
Forum: Boa Constrictor 03-28-18, 03:19 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 3,713
Posted By TRD
Re: Feeding regimen for all constrictors!! A MUST read and would love some input+disc

Another study, may interest you;
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.1086/316734

About energy conservation during the fasting periods of infrequent feeding snakes.
Forum: Boa Constrictor 03-28-18, 03:13 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 3,713
Posted By TRD
Re: Feeding regimen for all constrictors!! A MUST read and would love some input+disc

Many breeders feed their snakes to breeding size asap because for them it's business. Breed faster, morph loses less money. Sad but true. Following breeder feeding advise is not healthy in the long...
Forum: General Discussion 03-27-18, 01:09 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 612
Posted By TRD
Re: Reptile career?

Then after high school, why not follow into Biology and specialize in Zoology. Then work in an established business to gain experience how a business is actually ran before venturing off on your own...
Forum: Python Regius 03-26-18, 04:39 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 545
Posted By TRD
Re: Feeding Adult BPs

adults feed every 3-5 weeks depending on the animal and prey size... a medium rat every 7 days leads to obesity with these snakes very easily. Should really take care of fat contents as well in the...
Forum: Front Page Polls 03-25-18, 06:03 AM
Replies: 127
Views: 77,353
Posted By TRD
Re: What's your favourite snake family?

Favorite family for me: Psammophiidae

By far the most interesting snake species to keep in my opinion... active, diurnal, good sight, social interactions, can cohab easily, have unique behaviors,...
Forum: Front Page Polls 03-25-18, 05:54 AM
Replies: 127
Views: 77,353
Posted By TRD
Re: Hey I'm new

Too small for about any adult snake. Can keep a juvenile in there for its first year perhaps. Most smaller snakes need at least 36x18x18, most snakes that cross 3' would rather need a 48x24x18 and...
Forum: General Discussion 03-23-18, 03:54 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 748
Posted By TRD
Re: Amazon tree boa heating help please

While ATB looks all neat in pictures, it's a bit of a boring snake... also, not really a "family snake" that you can take out often, or which is generally well tempered. Something to keep in mind..
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Forum: General Discussion 03-23-18, 02:59 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 748
Posted By TRD
Re: Amazon tree boa heating help please

Ceramic Heat Element, like so;...
Forum: General Discussion 03-23-18, 01:50 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 844
Posted By TRD
Advancing Herpetological Husbandry (AHH) Newsletters

I thought I'd share these 2 links here as interesting reading material over the weekend for those interested.

These are our newsletters about reptile and amphibian husbandry from January and April...
Forum: General Discussion 03-23-18, 01:43 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 748
Posted By TRD
Re: Amazon tree boa heating help please

CHE for ambient heat, as 19C is too cold, and light (halogen/incandescent) for basking, both on thermostat. Is vivarium is big enough, may not require a thermostat on the light when wattage is picked...
Forum: Erycines 03-22-18, 07:23 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 610
Posted By TRD
Re: Possible mouth rot?

Looks more like substrate stuck on his mouth, in which case I wouldn't worry about it. If you're sure it's not, then perhaps a more close up picture would help?
Forum: General Python Forum 03-22-18, 11:21 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 939
Posted By TRD
Re: Favorite BP morph?

a normal... at least in my opinion, is the best looking
Forum: Boa Constrictor 03-22-18, 02:15 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 3,713
Posted By TRD
Re: Feeding regimen for all constrictors!! A MUST read and would love some input+disc

A book is not science, a book is just that...
Science is peer reviewed. You mentioned scientifically proven...
Your whole though process is based on 'scientifically proven eating 4x their weight a...
Forum: Boa Constrictor 03-21-18, 04:32 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 3,713
Posted By TRD
Re: Feeding regimen for all constrictors!! A MUST read and would love some input+disc

Can floor his logic too...

Take a 4000 gr Ball python, with his logic in the wild it would eat 16 kg of food/year according to you.

A Ball python in the wild aestivates 3 months of the year...
Forum: Boa Constrictor 03-21-18, 04:18 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 3,713
Posted By TRD
Re: Feeding regimen for all constrictors!! A MUST read and would love some input+disc

No, he mentioned that in captivity it is 2x, which is still crazy, so I want to see his references on which he based his thesis (which by lack of reference would be floored by any competent...
Forum: Boa Constrictor 03-21-18, 03:57 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 3,713
Posted By TRD
Re: Feeding regimen for all constrictors!! A MUST read and would love some input+disc

I would like to see your "scientifically proven to eat 4x their weight in a year" reference to an actual scientific paper. Can you please post the name and/or (pref.) doi of that paper please? If...
Forum: Boa Constrictor 03-21-18, 02:53 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 3,210
Posted By TRD
Re: My Boa Feeding Regimens - TL;DR Warning

Sorry but your feeding regimen is pretty ridiculous BallBuster...

10-15% of weight biweekly, that is a feeding schedule for an active adult colubrid, not adult boa.
Forum: Python Regius 03-20-18, 03:27 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,377
Posted By TRD
Re: I think my snake eats too much - advice

Seems like a lot of food... (and rats are high in fat)
Can't see snake in pic, just the head... take a picture from above with the whole body?
Forum: Thamnophis 03-20-18, 12:56 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,981
Posted By TRD
Re: A Curious Possible Owner

Well, garters are a bit more complex to keep due to their diet (fish, worms, amphibians), their habitat requirements, their UV requirements... and generally don't really like human physical...
Forum: General Discussion 03-20-18, 12:25 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 805
Posted By TRD
Re: UV light feedback/ suggestions

Kingsnakes like about a UV Index between 0.7 and 1... this is what is normally registered during their basking periods during sunrise/sunset.

What is the distance between UV light and animal, and...
Forum: General Discussion 03-19-18, 12:17 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 805
Posted By TRD
Re: UV light feedback/ suggestions

Yes they will regulate it themselves... it was shown in Chameleons and Iguana's that they perfectly know how much UVb they need to reach good levels by giving 1 group only UV and the other group UV +...
Forum: General Discussion 03-19-18, 08:58 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 805
Posted By TRD
Re: UV light feedback/ suggestions

Your snakes will love it. Just make sure that not 100% of the length of the vivarium is covered with UV light... just like thermal gradients, UV also have to be provided as a gradient for high(er) UV...
Forum: Food For Thought Forum 03-19-18, 03:42 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,084
Posted By TRD
Re: leaving hide box for food

sure, portulacaria afra (elephant bush)
Forum: Food For Thought Forum 03-18-18, 08:04 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,084
Posted By TRD
Re: leaving hide box for food

That snake is ~100cm, not big, but not that small either..
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