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Little Baby Snake: Just a thought.

Gregg

Gregg

Ancient Elder
Little Baby Snake



Hey there, little baby snake. I see you’ve finally made your way out of the egg. Gosh! You must have been awfully cramped in there. I see you crawling off under the moss. Hiding from predators, are we? I guess it’s time to get you out and put you into your own little container.

Here you go little one. Now you have your own little container, with a bowl of water to play in and a place to hide. I’ve put another place to hide in here too, just in case you want two. When you get bigger, I’ll get you a larger container, so you can have more room. As you get larger still, I’ll continue getting larger containers in which you can stay and grow. We’ll have a great time together, you and I.

It’s sad, though, now that I think of it. You struggled so long to get out of that egg, and now, I have you in another confined space and you’re struggling to find a way out of that. You know, outside of the times when I take you out and enjoy your bold colors and mild personality, you’ll be stuck inside a confined space for the rest of your life. You will never be free to roam on the outside like a wild snake. You will never be free, like me. You will never actually escape the egg like your wild brothers and sisters did, will you?
 
*moved by the opening post, Roy releases his collection into the woods behind his apartment. "Be free!"* :grin01

But seriously, interesting thoughts. :) I guess I have to wonder what freedom means to a snake. I can't begin to try to assess "quality of life" criteria for wild corns. My captives get everything they seem to need, and they seem well "adjusted". Out of the 40+ snakes I've bought since early 2005, most of them hatchlings, not one has died. Even under optimal corn conditions in the wild, and if all mine were normals, I'll bet the mortality rate would have been greater than 50%.
 
Great thoughts Gregg! Now that I finally have all mine back in their tiny containers............................. :grin01:
 
Interesting little story, but I can't agree entirely. The corns that are born into captivity don't know any better. Think about it. They don't know that there is a great big world out there. As far as they know, their little tub or tank is all their is. And when you go to take them out, then maybe they get to know that it is a little bigger. I just don't think about it that way. It would be different if you had taken a wild corn that had known wide open spaces and put it in a small tub, but CB corns just don't know. Ignorance is bliss for them.
 
Bobo's Mama said:
Interesting little story, but I can't agree entirely. The corns that are born into captivity don't know any better. Think about it. They don't know that there is a great big world out there. As far as they know, their little tub or tank is all their is. And when you go to take them out, then maybe they get to know that it is a little bigger. I just don't think about it that way. It would be different if you had taken a wild corn that had known wide open spaces and put it in a small tub, but CB corns just don't know. Ignorance is bliss for them.
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Thank you for your comments, Everyone. Before this gets out-of-hand, let me just say this. What I wrote is a rhetorical* piece of writing. A piece I did for a writing workshop, that I thought I would share with you all. It's simply just one of the many, many thoughts I have had concerning my snakes. However, If it makes you think...good.



*(for those of you who don't know, "rhetorical," in this sense, means "(of a question) asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information.)
 
Gregg said:
Thank you for your comments, Everyone. Before this gets out-of-hand, let me just say this. What I wrote is a rhetorical* piece of writing.
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Ohh ohh! I know! Pick me! Pick me!

1 in 64! :sidestep:

:D
 
I would say, freedom is overrated. IF there was a place in the wild they could be safe from predetors and hand fed mice, they would be all over it.
 
stevel said:
safe from predetors and hand fed mice
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Yeah...you really gotta watch out for those hand fed mice, they're trouble ;)


I liked the original post though. I thought it was a very interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing :)
 
KatieL said:
Yeah...you really gotta watch out for those hand fed mice, they're trouble ;)


I liked the original post though. I thought it was a very interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing :)
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touche....
 
My perspective is that we, as humans, tend to "think" for animals. I watch Cesar Milan "the dog Whisperer" and his training theory reinforces this concept. Most of the folks with the worst behaved dogs try to treat them like humans. "I can't make him do that, he won't be having fun"... when in reality, the dog just wants to be part of a pack..this makes him/her feel secure. Not talking to the dog like a person in a high pitched voice, etc. Many snakes spend a LOT of time in tight, cramped spaces just sitting there waiting for prey to arrive..they ambush. To do that they have to sit in a small confined area. When they get out for holding, etc, this gives them some exercise and respite from that, but I don't think they feel bad about being in their vivs.
That being said, I think it is always beneficial to try to do what is best for the animal, so I don't look down on those that try to rationalize things like this..just disagree with it. My 2 cents.

John
 
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