So you feel lectured by someone stating that its normal for hogs to reproduce at smaller sizes????? That was the lecture and it was not aimed at you, but all those who write or think its not good to breed then at 120grams. Which as you state, you agree with.



I then said, its about nesting. Which you made no mention of. Which by the way, is the most important part of my reply.



I said nothing about your female and the water bowl nesting. Not in any way, as you did state it was an accident.



Heres my "other point" Recipe husbandry, what that is, is instructions, without understanding. I stated its better to understand, then follow instructions. Following instructions is great for newbies, but then to advance past being a newbie, its best to understand the actual animal. Then you can make your own instructions.



I never said anything to YOU about your ability to care for your charges. But you did indicate your level of understanding, and sir, that is all I have to go by.



You stated, you thought that 120gram animal was a male. To be very clear, at 120grams, and with hognose, they are physically different. There its very easy to determine gender. Unless the tail was cut off. So that indicates a lack of experience. Yet I did not say anything about that.



There is a something weird about "recipe husbandry" and I am struggling to understand it. It appears to be like religion, in this case, religion is defined as blind faith. Folks follow instructions without questioning. If you say anything "different" to someone who is a believer, you get attacked. And thats what your doing.



I do not take keeping reptiles as religion, i take it as an oppertunity to learn. To me, learning is great fun. And with keeping, you have the oppertunity to apply what you have learned. Remember I am talking about me, not you or others. What would be great and why these dang forums exsist, is to learn and to share what you know. Doing that should create conversation, Which you did not take part of.



Heres the thing, I do not know everything or much, but the 50 years of doing this, I do know something about snakes.



In this case, I presented you with the oppertunity to learn. Instead, you take it as an oppertunity to feel insulted. Sir, that is your choice, personally, I do not care what you know or do not know, thats yours.



I feel my only task on forums is to allow folks to THINK, again, i feel that is fun, to just think. You do not have to believe, or do anything, just think!



In the end, you said your a fan of ethology, all you did was piss on a pole and defend your territory from possible threats. Cheers

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