my new royal.

jon · #1 05-09-2008, 07:22 PM

thought i would let you have a look at my male royal i picked up today.

Fry Lover · #2 05-09-2008, 07:26 PM

handsome dude!!!

how much £

jon · #3 05-09-2008, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Fry Lover

handsome dude!!!

how much £

he owes me about £40 done a deal at the shop for loads of gravel and sand.

Fry Lover · #4 05-09-2008, 07:39 PM

nice pic's Jon, pleased for you, how bigs the tank/viv he in?

jon · #5 05-09-2008, 07:43 PM

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nice pic's Jon, pleased for you, how bigs the tank/viv he in?

at the mo he is in a 3 1/2 x about 2ft but will be going in a bigger one when he gets a bit of weight on and a bit longer.

Ian.g · #6 05-09-2008, 11:25 PM

lovely looking lad! and dont put him in too big a viv! thats when stress can kick in with royals and will show in feeding problems...IMO a 3x2 viv is plenty big enough for a royal its whole life!...

jon · #7 05-10-2008, 05:27 PM

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lovely looking lad! and dont put him in too big a viv! thats when stress can kick in with royals and will show in feeding problems...IMO a 3x2 viv is plenty big enough for a royal its whole life!...

thanks for the advice i will keep him in there. what if i put 2 together why do people prefer not to keep them together, is it cos of the feeding side of things? i have heard a few reasons now but would like tohear what you think?

grandad · #8 05-10-2008, 11:39 PM

very nice

Ian.g · #9 05-11-2008, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jon

thanks for the advice i will keep him in there. what if i put 2 together why do people prefer not to keep them together, is it cos of the feeding side of things? i have heard a few reasons now but would like tohear what you think?

its basicaly for diseases and parasites etc....snakes have a no. of diseases that may not show themselves for a VERY long time...also by nature snakes are solitary creatures and live alone naturaly apart from breeding season, just the stress of living in close quarters with other snakes day to day can stress them out...also it is much easier to monitor who has eaten, who is in shed who has poo`d etc etc...also although rare in most snakes...cannibalism can and has happened also!...it is at the end of the day the individual keepers choice, but personaly i prefer to keep them solitary except for breeding

jon · #10 05-11-2008, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ian.g

its basicaly for diseases and parasites etc....snakes have a no. of diseases that may not show themselves for a VERY long time...also by nature snakes are solitary creatures and live alone naturaly apart from breeding season, just the stress of living in close quarters with other snakes day to day can stress them out...also it is much easier to monitor who has eaten, who is in shed who has poo`d etc etc...also although rare in most snakes...cannibalism can and has happened also!...it is at the end of the day the individual keepers choice, but personaly i prefer to keep them solitary except for breeding

thanks for your information Ian i will take it on board.