Very often I have read here and elsewhere, that snakes were not suitable as pets. Of unsuitable was the speech of high feed costs and poor transport conditions. Obviously this opinion is based on a completely false picture of the snake husbandry. I would now 5, as the holder of corn snakes to comment on and try all this in a proper light to the back. First of the high feed costs. A snake eats conceivable little compared to other animals. An adult corn snake I feed every 2 weeks with an adult mouse. The costs me about 2 € per animal. They are inclusive of charges for electricity and occasional veterinary costs much less than my cat. In fact, only the Anschaffugskosten for animal enclosure and equipment are relatively expensive. The corn snake eats in the wild birds, mice and small rats. All I can offer her in captivity Perhaps the exception of live birds. However, it is the snake really care whether their prey alive, because she does not even notice if I just so neat wackele.Schlechte transport conditions known to me. This is why I buy, and many other terrarium animals only from German breeding. Another is to refrain from wild-caught, that they are often riddled with parasites. But unlike other animals, possible to release any snake again, even if they were born in captivity. What other animal that is so simple. Especially corn snakes live for generations in captivity. They have a little space and come even if the enclosure is open only very rarely get out. Why? Because they accept the terrarium as their home and their territory. Snakes are contented animals that do not have the necessary intelligence about their existence to think. They are instinctive animals who work for a particular behavior pattern. This includes hunger, thirst, heat and light supply. These basic needs will drive them to move. And those needs can be very well meet in a terrarium.
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