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lee2308
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stumpy
Yearling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 12/07/2011 : 12:52:33
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| Weird. Wonder if he has to feed both snakes, can only cope with one that dosent feed |
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Oh How Original
Yearling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/07/2011 : 14:17:28
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| No, all other snakes that have 2 heads have only needed to feed one head, as it's only a head and not a body, I'm pretty sure they both just live off all the same things, I imagine you'd have to feed very small and lots though so there was no ripping where the heads join or something... |
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Posted - 12/07/2011 : 14:24:44
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These critters seem to occur in all species of snakes - no reason why they shouldn't survive with sympathetic ownership though ...yeah, if both heads are sentient, maybe you'd have to give each head a small prey item at the same time to keep the 'twins' happy and prevent any quarrelling but as OHO says, prevent a lot of food causing a blockage, though I imagine the gullet will expand like any other royal gullet ...
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acd1984
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Posted - 12/07/2011 : 21:12:20
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It would be great to have a two headed royal, it would cost a packet though.
Although I could also imagine idiots trying to breed the defect into the species for profit, then I wouldnt entertain the idea. |
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Posted - 12/07/2011 : 21:19:39
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Oh god yes, I agree - treating the birth defect as some sort of gimmick would be really sick, and in any case such animals would need a degree of specialised care.
I'd be prepared to take one on in case no-one else would have it - I have a couple of snakes acquired that way, my one-eyed Cy and my Missy, who had an 'attitude problem' - problem grown out of in Missy's case - and they are very special. |
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