Re: Misinformation

Posted by VWillisJr on September 07, 2001 at 22:39:35:

In Reply to: Misinformation posted by David on September 06, 2001 at 08:52:06:

: Excerpt from " A Field Guide to Texas Snakes" by Alan Tennant, " most Drymarchon are too restless to make satisfactory captives, & unable to settle into the lethargy that confinement requires, many rub their snouts raw in attempts to pry their way out of their cages. Unlike the arboreal pythons & boas, which soon learn to feel comfortable draped over their keeper's limbs, the terrestrial indigo is ill at ease when held off the ground, & the constant efforts of such individuals to be free of human contact make it evident that they should have been left at large. Drymarchon are also vary smelly creatures, so given to voiding musk & feces during handling that a truism among herpetologists is that anyone who has maintained one never wants to care for another". Doesn,t sound like my Drymarchons at all.

Doesn't sound like mine either. I have quite afew of several types and none have musked. None have nose rubs (see pic)and they don't mind handling at all. Wild caught may be something different, but mine are all CB and have large cages with climbing branches. I have seen obvious wild caught animals with bad nose rubs at shows. They do have strong smelling feces, but don't we all. I have alot of boas and other snakes too, but if I could only have one kind it would be Drymarchon.

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: : Excerpt from " A Field Guide to Texas Snakes" by Alan Tennant, " most Drymarchon are too restless to make satisfactory captives, & unable to settle into the lethargy that confinement requires, many rub their snouts raw in attempts to pry their way out of their cages. Unlike the arboreal pythons & boas, which soon learn to feel comfortable draped over their keeper's limbs, the terrestrial indigo is ill at ease when held off the ground, & the constant efforts of such individuals to be free of human contact make it evident that they should have been left at large. Drymarchon are also vary smelly creatures, so given to voiding musk & feces during handling that a truism among herpetologists is that anyone who has maintained one never wants to care for another". Doesn,t sound like my Drymarchons at all. : Doesn't sound like mine either. I have quite afew of several types and none have musked. None have nose rubs (see pic)and they don't mind handling at all. Wild caught may be something different, but mine are all CB and have large cages with climbing branches. I have seen obvious wild caught animals with bad nose rubs at shows. They do have strong smelling feces, but don't we all. I have alot of boas and other snakes too, but if I could only have one kind it would be Drymarchon.

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