Why is my Eden still little?

[RedSidedSPR]

*****

[RedSidedSPR]

Interesting.

[Selkielass]

They're delicate. It's very easy to injure them by improper handling, especially if you try to restrain them. It's a very critical time in their development. Too much handling, causing extreme stress, can kill them, just from the stress alone. Stress kills if it goes on too long. I've seen it happen. Young boy finds small garter snake. Handles it constantly, day after day. Snake drops dead.

Very true. I've got a little Butler I call "micro' who seems quite vulnerable to stress. s/he freaks out every time s/he is handled and thrashes so violently trying to escape that I have several times, despite trying to be very careful, caught hir only by the tail tip and injured it. It was also quite intimidated by the presence of other Butlers, and wasn't eating enough to gain weight.

Since being placed in 'solitary' micro is doing much better, weight wise, but picking hir up to clean out the viv is always risky for the first few minutes, what with the attempts to bolt and me trying not to squeeze this little 4g whippersnapper too hard. Unless I see a strong change in attitude, Mike may well be released to the wild next summer.

[snakehill]

vagina is allowed! What's up with that?

[RedSidedSPR]

Tf

[EasternGirl]

Gotta love this forum.

[ConcinusMan]

vagina is allowed! What's up with that?

Not the way I say it... ****

Wow... way off topic