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fatman said:
I only have the 3 corns ( see sig ) & Don't breed!
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Thats seems like a "normal" number to me... Trust me herself wont allow me more than i got.
She is not realy in awe of them... Will hold it ocasionally ... but... (pmsl thats what marriage does)
 
techflork said:
Let me get this straight. I go on vacation for a week. All i need to do is make sure my corn has water? I mean I would feed him before leaving but how long can a baby or yearling go safely without food? I'm just curious. I know my hermit crabs needed lots of attention it was hard to leave for very long.
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Basic knowledge; snakes can go without food for quite some time, baby's and yearlings won't be troubled at all by not eating for 2 weeks, I dunno after what periode they would starve but I had a baby right from the egg that did not ate the first 3 months and was not visually starved at all. Keep in mind that right from the egg a baby will have absorbed all the egg yolk that was left, but this shows 2 weeks is peanuts.
 
haha thanks! i knew they could go for a while without food but I just didn't if it was ok to break that feeding cycle or something
 
I have 6 with no plans of breeding. Have told myself that I'd like to max out at about 10. Not sure if I can do that, because there are just so many beautiful morphs, but I do like to handle my gang a few times a week, usually while watching tv, so I want to keep it at a number where I feel I can still do that.
 
I have 49 snakes in my house. 35 are mine, one of those is a baby that is for sale. I have 14 snakes on breeding loan or baby loan. I have 23 eggs and four hopefully gravid mommas. The adults are in either 64 quart Sterilites in racks, or 20Ls, and the two Florida Kings are in 2x2 custom cages. The juveniles are in 10 gallons and the babies are in shoebox racks. Some of the snakes like to come out, and they come out frequently. I have two-four snakes out every night. Some snakes don't like to come out, and they only have to come out for feeding. I like to photograph some snakes, so they come out then. I feel like once they are "tame," as babies, they don't need much maintenence to stay that way. But they get fed and weighed every couple weeks, so it's not like they don't ever get handled. And many of them are just hatched calm and confident and very little handling keeps that reinforced.
 
See? This thread is one reason I don't give numbers of pets in this house, usually. The perception from others that we're some sort of freaks and/or hoarders, despite the fact that I am home all day and my husband makes a good salary that keeps us all healthy and happy, here....

I can tell you this, though, 30 snakes are easier to care for than 8 macaws or 10 dogs, by far!

I don't breed birds, dogs or snakes, although this year may be a different story, as I hope to be lucky enough to have two clutches this year--Okeetees and a breeding (I HOPE) between a gorgeous Tessera and my sunglow/amel stripe. Half of the TesseraxSunglow/Amel clutch would belong to the owner of the Tessera who is here on breeding loan.

Too many? Certainly, not yet! I may modify and/or revise my snakes over time when some animals don't work out, here (my AZ Mtn. Kingsnake and Apricot Pueblan Milksnake come to mind), but I doubt if I'd ever be able to keep my snake collection at 4 or 5 animals. I just ADORE my snakes! And, yes, I handle them. Some more than others. But the thing is, they're easy to care for. Only feeding time gets hectic, which we manage by staggering feeding days.
 
I wouldn't even call my feeding times hectic, since I have them split into different groups so no one group is overwhelming. If I _want to_, I can combine sometimes and feed 15 or 20, but I never have to. So usually it's just a nice hour of feeding 8-12 or so.
 
@ irish and the others
No alright... i just had a different visual image of Vivs all over the place.
I've seen Blut's setup ...and realy I mean if you have 1 aquarium you dont count all the fish independently.

Ok 30 Snakes + 8 makaws and dogs... well thats a different matter
And look when i had pet rats as a student I knew some hoarders with reptiles as well (and that was only <<10 as they could not afford more)

I just had this mental picture of the situation back than with 5x as many animals

And Bluts is realy neat and tidy ...so appologies for thinking the worst

Actually talking about the olden days....
Reminds me of an old conversation/wuation: Would a Chinchilla make a good feeder
 
I don't breed - I just have one corn snake and one carpet python. I don't see myself ever getting more than four or five, if I ever decide to get any more. On the other hand, I wouldn't mind rescuing wild snakes on occasion or doing volunteer work for herpers. Owning 50,000 snakes and breeding just isn't for everyone.
 
Wow they are a beaut those carpets...to big for me but love the colouring.
Its just that some of the posters here...you think wow how many
 
desiredbard said:
@ irish and the others
No alright... i just had a different visual image of Vivs all over the place.
I've seen Blut's setup ...and realy I mean if you have 1 aquarium you dont count all the fish independently.

Ok 30 Snakes + 8 makaws and dogs... well thats a different matter
And look when i had pet rats as a student I knew some hoarders with reptiles as well (and that was only <<10 as they could not afford more)

I just had this mental picture of the situation back than with 5x as many animals

And Bluts is realy neat and tidy ...so appologies for thinking the worst

Actually talking about the olden days....
Reminds me of an old conversation/wuation: Would a Chinchilla make a good feeder
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Most of mine are in a rack system along one wall of the smallest bedroom. Nice and tidy, and they really don't take up all that much room. Only 2 are in display tanks: The Green Tree Python and my 5' long Black Milksnake girl. They hang out in the living room, where I can watch the one and play with the other :).
 
All mine are in racks. And all my hatchlings go into racks as well. I have 2 uromastyx that are in a display tank. And will put my indigo in one as well when I get him. But that is in the future. All my snakes get handled. But there are ones that seem to like being out more than others that get handled longer and more often.
 
This is my humble little snake room. All rack spaces are full now...

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Nice! I've been going back and forth between a DIY viv, rack or the Neodesha stackables. Decisions, decisions.
 
ceduke said:
I have as many as makes me happy, and no more than I can care for properly.
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Great answer!
I handle hatchlings just enough to get them used to it, so they don't think I'm an evil predator. I will handle my snakes as the mood takes me, but the fact that they don't seek out attention and affection like my ninja cats or my dog is part of the attraction in keeping reptiles.
If the snakes took up the space, time and attention that Rosie does, I'd have just one or two. I don't mind that some of mine are a bit flighty and bitey, I love them for their beauty and respect that they don't want me mauling them about. Breeding gives me the chance to enjoy seeing my very own pippies emerge, but brings heartbreak with the hatchlings that don't make it. It supplements the mousicle bill but the snakes don't owe me a thing, they are primarily my pets.
Rather than space and time being an issue in expanding the collection, I find myself thinking about my age as a controlling factor. If I'm lucky enough to have snakes live into their 20's and beyond then realisticaly I have to wonder if I'll want 30, 40 or so snakes when I'm in my sixties. Rehoming one of my adults I'd had from a baby as an adoption to a trusted friend was lovely, I get updates on his progress in his new home, but I'm hoping the rest of the collection willl stay with me all their lives.
 
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