of course it died of wrong care , your right on that , since neither me and my uncle new how to care for it and pet shops refused to help. but still my point is , if you catch a wild snake it won't just die out of stress. even a human has stress when you put him in preson for his whole life with the whole pressure in he's mind tht he's not gonna be free anymore till he dies, but that stress doesn't kill him. neither it does to the snake. so as long as you give good care to a snake it can be tamed. and so every other animal , since any captive bred race of snake was once catched and tammed from the wild
It's really quite simple. Some snakes adapt to captivity. Some do not. Those that do not can and often will develope stress related injuries and illnesses. Absolutely, stress CAN BE a cause of prolapse. Absolutely stress CAN be deadly.
DeKay's Brown Snakes are one of the species KNOWN to adapt poorly to captivity. Can they be kept successfulyl? Absolutely. However, this typically requires someone with a solid foundation in the
proper care of their species, and a concentrated observation of their stress levels.
The fact of the matter is that stress is a very real issue for wild caught snakes. It's a very real issue for captive bred snakes. It's a very real issue for reptiles in captivity in general. Yes, all of our captive propogated species came from wild lineage. You're right about that. But captive populations are established by people with knowledge and experience in the animals, and an effort to monitor andcontrol stress levels.
To say that "snakes don't stress" is just wrong. Bad, bad information. They DO stress out, and they CAN die from it. Period. This is not debateable as it is a
fact. That doesn't mean they
always do. But it DOES happen.
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Perhaps. But I don't work like that. I'd rather stop to help if and when I can.
It's like seeing a car accident on the side of the road and driving by, because you think they've already called for help.
If the snake doesn't adapt to captivity and ultimately dies...how much have you helped? If you don't have the knowledge and experience to actually care for an injured snake...what right do you have to take it from the wild? How is it helpful to add stress on top of an injury?
And your analogy is false. Snakes are not people, they don't think, act, live, feel, or respond like people do. A snake laying in a parking lot during a rainstorm is not in need of "rescue", it is in need of being moved out of traffic. That's ALL it is in "need" of. It will either live or die as Mother Nature intended. If you haven't the experience to
properly care for it's injuries, and actually make it's situation better instead of worse...you aren't helping.
If I drive by an accident, and the driver has internal injuries and broken bones that I have no experience with...what right do I have to try and help them? None. I would call 911, and let people that really know what they are doing handle it. Ultimately, that snake knew more than you did about it's state and well being. Moving it away from the foot traffic and letting "the expert"(the snake, in this case) take care of it would have been the best option.
Regardless, I'm glad to hear he is doing reasonably well, and I wish you luck.
