World's Longest Zoo Snake Dies

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Snake looked pretty fat, no, thats not true, obese is the proper word. When will people learn.
 
I saw this a few days ago. Pretty sad to hear.

Z Trip;4591228; said:
Snake looked pretty fat, no, thats not true, obese is the proper word. When will people learn.
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2 questions: What do you think caused this and what would you do to have fixed it?
 
snakeguy101;4591301; said:
I saw this a few days ago. Pretty sad to hear.



2 questions: What do you think caused this and what would you do to have fixed it?
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What caused this? Un naturtal environment. As we all know in the wild, nothing is for certain. These snakes are known to eat large meals, a few times out of the year and not multyple meals a month. I'm sure it had a large enclosure, I'm not sure the dimension so I'm not sure if lack of excersize is another factor.

Well to fix it, you would end up with a more dangerous snake but, well, feed it less. Make sure it needs food. Just cause a snake eats deosn't mean it needs it. They are opportunistic feeders, eating when they can because they don't know when the next meal is comming.

I don't know, I don't have any of my snakes on a feeding schedule. I pick them p, feel around, look at them and judge if they should eat that day. The biggest thing I look for is to see the "muscle line" going all the way down the snake. If I see that I wait a few days then feed it. I'm not sure if it's the "right" way but it works for me.
 
Z Trip;4591916; said:
What caused this? Un naturtal environment. As we all know in the wild, nothing is for certain. These snakes are known to eat large meals, a few times out of the year and not multyple meals a month. I'm sure it had a large enclosure, I'm not sure the dimension so I'm not sure if lack of excersize is another factor.

Well to fix it, you would end up with a more dangerous snake but, well, feed it less. Make sure it needs food. Just cause a snake eats deosn't mean it needs it. They are opportunistic feeders, eating when they can because they don't know when the next meal is comming.

I don't know, I don't have any of my snakes on a feeding schedule. I pick them p, feel around, look at them and judge if they should eat that day. The biggest thing I look for is to see the "muscle line" going all the way down the snake. If I see that I wait a few days then feed it. I'm not sure if it's the "right" way but it works for me.
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The snake had a very large enclosure though. Certainly much larger than the one that your anacondas will eventually have (no offense, its just too big for most private keepers considering it is about the size of 2 of my kitchens)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28582422@N04/2666198313

The snake was also constantly being dragged around to different shows and events for publicity so the feeding schedule was very strict so as not to interrupt the shows with problems such as regurgitation and defecation.

I dont think there was really anything one could do other than change the diet to an impossible one in captivity. Most of the animals they eat in the wild are going to be quite lean where as in captivity, they are all usually fatty. It was not the zoos fault and I think that this will be a recurring incident with all massive snakes.
 
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