What I felt attacked by was your poorly worded comment from before. It came across as a claim that I was intentionally breeding my female at a low weight without a proper nest area. As I mentioned above, it was possibly the wording of the sentence that made me perceive attack when you did not mean to do so.



“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.”



This too makes sense. Of course life doesn’t follow a recipe. You have to be flexible to deal with animals. That’s a given. I have to be flexible every day in my life or work or I could risk death. That’s what life and survival is about. There is no recipe for that, not one that will work 100% of the time, as proven by all the snakes that breed at a lower body weight, or the neonates that won’t eat no matter how hard you try.



“But you did indicate your level of understanding, and sir, that is all I have to go by.”

Um, actually, I’m a female. Just an FYI. Not that you could have known. Apparently I pick very masculine usernames, lol.





“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.”

No, you didn’t say that then, but you’re sure as heck pointing it out now. How am I supposed to feel not-attacked in regards to your earlier statement when you are attacking my experience here?



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