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12-31-15, 08:40 AM
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If a well fed wild is released back into the wild after a week
If a caught wild corn snake is well fed and than released less than two weeks later is it safe to say that snakes going to be alright?
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12-31-15, 09:04 AM
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Re: If a well fed wild is released back into the wild after a week
Yes. It will be fine.
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12-31-15, 11:40 AM
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Re: If a well fed wild is released back into the wild after a week
Second that. It will be okay.
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12-31-15, 11:58 AM
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Re: If a well fed wild is released back into the wild after a week
The snake will be fine, but generally its not advised to let them back into the wild after being captured if you have other snakes. It can introduce captive diseases into the wild populations.
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12-31-15, 04:16 PM
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Re: If a well fed wild is released back into the wild after a week
It is also illegal to do just that in many places for the reasons mentioned above. If you're going to take it inside a home, best to just keep it in captivity especially if you have other reptiles.
As people who love animals, we tend to think in terms of individuals. In terms of people who manage populations, they should be thinking in much broader terms (although I do run across some incompetent wildlife resource managers from time to time).
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12-31-15, 04:19 PM
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Re: If a well fed wild is released back into the wild after a week
My kids have kept a pretty long list of wild snakes for awhile and let them go no problem. Right now Ive got a little house gecko my dh caught in the bathroom at work(janitors would have killed it), its too cold to let him go outside so Im stuck with him till spring.He is eating tiny crickets and doing well.
I would hope most people would know to keep any wild caught animal well away from our captive breds.
Here its legal to keep up to five of any species of reptiles including venomous (except threatened or endangered of course).
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01-01-16, 06:35 PM
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Re: If a well fed wild is released back into the wild after a week
Yes, the snake will be just fine.
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01-01-16, 08:09 PM
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Re: If a well fed wild is released back into the wild after a week
It may or may not be fine. Most people would expect that it would be okay, simply because that is what feels intuitive. However, the truth is there is very little data on the survival and longevity of released snakes. Some of those studies that have been done found that unless snakes are released in the exact area that they were originally removed from, they have a difficult time adjusting to the unknown habitat, and mortality rates skyrocket. This is on top of the already mentioned risks associated with introducing captive pathogens into wild populations, not to mention that it is illegal in many places.
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01-01-16, 08:10 PM
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Re: If a well fed wild is released back into the wild after a week
As long as the snake is of a healthy weight, yeah, it should be fine. Releasing an overweight snake into the wild + not being able to find adequate food = some bad luck.
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01-02-16, 09:46 AM
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Re: If a well fed wild is released back into the wild after a week
The big consideration to releasing a wild caught , then captive back into the wild population is the disease factor. Then also, although corn snakes are not threatened or state or federally protected the native species collecting should be observed. Born free should live free bc the captive born and bred populations are adequate enough. It's a conservation factor with wild populations that should be respected.
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