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Snakes in captivity
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by czarnick on April 27, 2009
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I catch a lot of heat from those who say keeping snakes in cages is cruel, bad and boring for the animal. I disagree, IF the animal has all its needs met. Any thoughts?
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by LarryDFishel on April 27, 2009
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Depends a lot of the cage and the species. As you've obviously guessed, many snakes would spend every minute of their lives curled up under the same rock if enough food walks by, there's a stream running past the rock and the temperature is right. They generally don't seem to have the psychological need for "play" that mammals do.
Some are naturally more active and may be annoyed by not having room to roam, but I don't think we know enough about their psychology to know if they get "bored" or not.
But yes, a lot of the "animal rights" people don't seem to get that most animals don't have the same needs as people.
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by kacz on April 27, 2009
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Jay, I have no idea how old you are by your profile so please excuse me if I sound patronizing. Many people think and speak in anthropomorphisms. That is they attribute human emotions and values to non-human organisms. As Larry states this is the primary ploy of the AR (animal rights) crowd. Does a snake “want”, “desire”, “love” or “hate”? Do Mexican snakes think in Spanish? I doubt it! It is also a very basic mistake that is made all the time by those without a great deal of knowledge in zoology. I guess it’s normal for people to think in egocentric terms and attribute their emotions to all that surrounds them. That doesn’t make it correct.
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