Brian, I read all of the posts and I suppose I also misunderstood your comments (so you can throw the rocks at me too). And, I appreciate your being upfront and take absolutely NO offense to any of your comments...but I do wholeheartedly disagree that my credibility was somehow chipped away by my coming to Joan's defense (and believe me, she doesn't need a knight to defend her, she is one intelligent lady who can stand on her own)....to be honest, Joan is a VERY reputable person in the herp world and someone I am thankful to know...how can my credibility be tarnished under these circumstances? This forum is not the end all, not even close, not even .00001% of my herp career (and the short amount of time I spend on this forum is probably too much time spent on the computer), and my connections in the herp world (private breeders, zoological institutions, well known authors, herpetologists/academic, etc.) are diverse. I take great pride in being known as a person of integrity and honesty and my forthrightness may be taken the wrong way by people who are oversensitive (and I will be the first to apologize when I feel I was too harsh...ask Cito). And no one ever said that the CHS is the subsidiary of responsible giant snake keeping....but, on a sidenote, you won't find a better bunch nor knowledgeable group of people than Joan and others who actively serve the CHS. If it weren't for the CHS providing a grant to start up my wildlife center, that now features over 60 species of herps including venomous and reaches over 20,000 annually, I wouldn't be able to have the dream jobs of dream jobs.



But, as you said, this will blow over and we will get back to the nuts and bolts of husbandry, responsible ownership and other issues on this forum. We will agree on some points and disagree on others and that is really okay; that is what makes life interesting. We will have our little spats and our pats on our backs when things go well....hey, that's life.



On a sidenote, I don't know the sex ratios on the indians and it is by no means close to being a done deal (still lots of negotiating to take place). I'll keep everyone posted. Our intent would be to breed these animals but right now, things are speculative at best.

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