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01-06-2009, 02:07 AM
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Re: Unexpected... but...
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Originally Posted by Kobi Baby
Just the fact that they are in the same enclosure is stressful enough to kill one of them, or both.
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I've never heard that before. Do you know of any examples where the mere presence of another snake has stressed a snake into dying? I have heard of snakes eating each other, or contracting a disease and then passing it to the other (both very good reasons not to cohabitate) but I have never heard of a boa being stressed to death from having another one near it, especially a couple '08 babies in a 60gal... |
01-06-2009, 02:15 AM
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Re: Unexpected... but...
Whoa whoa whoa....So you are saying that you have never heard of stress killing a reptile? Please do your research. I'm not going to do it for you.
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01-06-2009, 02:34 AM
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Re: Unexpected... but...
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Originally Posted by lizard of ozz
I've never heard that before. Do you know of any examples where the mere presence of another snake has stressed a snake into dying? I have heard of snakes eating each other, or contracting a disease and then passing it to the other (both very good reasons not to cohabitate) but I have never heard of a boa being stressed to death from having another one near it, especially a couple '08 babies in a 60gal...
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