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FR
at Sat Feb 2 10:47:50 2013 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]
Please understand, I do not mean to insult anyone. What I say is not about people as individuals, its normally about the animals.
I have been breeding herps, including snakes for 51 years and its always been about the animals. They are the subject, they are the "BOOK".
In the early days, thats all there was, there was no exsisting succusseful keepers to copy. So that is how I learned, to study the animals. To me, they are always "right" and we keepers are always just guessing.
All my husbandry is based on the subject(the animals) and attempting to reproduce something I saw in nature.
So yes, at this time, I am different. I learned in a completely different way.
With hogs, that is also my area of concern, what makes hogs, hogs? I have nothing against recipe or sweater box approaches, but normally they do not express what makes a species a species. They express, the least amount of behavior. Down to the bare minimum.
So please understand, I am not attempting to insult keepers. If what I say is of no interest, then they can choose not to use anything I say.
Whats interesting to me is, folks want to benefit from my experience, but it has to FIT them. Each one wants me to FIT them in a unique way. That is not going to happen.
Some here only want me to confirm what they are doing. If I don't, I am a bad guy. I am neither good or bad. I am about the animals. The animals are good, all of us keepers are just trying.
Its kinda simple, how could I be about any of you, when I do not know you. Most here do not use their name, so how would I know you. So I would think, taking things personal is out of the question. Did I call you a name? Did I say, your a, this or that? no I did not. You do understand, you can twist any post on here to something insulting if you want. I guess its about what you want.
The one person here that thinks hes the moderator, says all manner of junk about me, but he does not know me at all. So I do not take anything he says as meaningful. In fact, behaviorally speaking, its more about him then me. I understand to many, its a social site. Its not to me. Its about hognose. We are just care givers.
Lastly I fully understand, I am not for everyone, I do not want to be. I am interested in keepers with similar goals. In this case, hognose for being hognose, and not particually about morphs, and there is nothing wrong with morphs, its just that should not superceed the species. Not entirely. Cheers
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RE: Female bred at 120g-wont - FR, Sat Feb 2 10:47:50 2013