missing the point of this thread. the idea of not refferring to reptiles as pets is not intended to make less of your animals that you keep. It is intended in the sense of a legal definition of captive reptiles for the purpose of points I made to you in an earlier post. fyi whether or not it takes several thousand years to domesticate an animal is besides the point to the fact that all animals that are considered domestic have in fact been kept in captivity for thousands of years and in some cases the actual animals they were domesticated from either no longer exist in the wild or are extremely rare(horses, bovines, new world camelids.) or have changed dramatically from their original ancestors in appearance and/or behavior(cats,dogs,jungle fowl-chickens.) If you want to see a prime example of this you should consider volunteering at a local wolf dog rescue in your area. Dogs are descended from wolves and are virtually genetically identical. Yet in reality a wolf or mid-high content wolf dog is a whole different animal to that labrodoodle you saw walking down the street this morning. such an experience will definitely change your perspective of the difference between and domestic.

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