Okay, looks like you moved without much delay to the “You’re stoopid, no YOU’RE stoopid. Just shut up. No YOU shut up” mode of message board communication. Which means that it won’t be long before the Wizard We Never See Behind the Curtain pulls a lever and dumps this thread. Too bad, because I think this is a very interesting topic of conversation.



I’d be willing to bet that I’ve been breeding ball pythons longer than both of you put together have even kept them. There! That’s my contribution to the chest thumping.



I have kept my share of snakes in what I would consider cramped quarters over the years. Still, I am not at all reluctant to admit that it can creep me out to think of a creature like a ball python which can EASILY reach five feet in length and with a possible five decade life span confined in a “cage” with a floor area of 300 square inches.



I think people with good hearts who wouldn’t dream of keeping Fluffy their pet dog, cat, whatever, confined to a tiny pen for a lifetime and bred whenever it came into heat simply think about reptiles in a different way. Perhaps because many people feel they’re only one weird morph away from making their fortunes in whatever reptile it is they keep by the tub-full in the back bedroom.



Anyway, why not keep talking, but without the name calling?



-Joan

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