I felt the other post was right as far as "What not to do" and "what to do" now that you didn't follow the "What not to do". I could see the other person's emotions over an injured snake got the better of them. There's not many must follow rules in this hobby and Amanda broke two of them. How do we give people a wake up call? There aren't too many days that go by where there isn't a thread on one of these forums that doesn't talk about:



1. Putting snakes together in the same enclosure.

2. Feeding live rodents, especially rats.



Quite frankly I was upset when I read Amands's post. I think it's incorrect to call some one stupid or names, but if you take that away from the other post, the post addresses the two things that should be covered:



1. "What not to do".

2. "What to do" after you didn't follow the "What not to do".



Your post says: "It isn't a good idea to feed 2 snakes in the same enclosure". That's incorrect. "You DON'T feed 2 snakes in the same enclosure". I don't know how many times I've typed that, but I'm just one of many that have. I don't know why people don't think that rule applies to them and their snakes. If you know, fill me in.



You say: "Some larger corns could eat a small rat no problem". Incorrect again. "Live small rats can injure a snake NO PROBLEM".



Your post leans more towards "It's O.K." rather than "You don't do it" I'm sorry if I've read or taken it wrong, but it's not the time to say "it's O.K." after what happened to the corn snake.



Just my $.01.



Terry Parks





>>although you may be right you didn't need to insult this person so much.

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>>It isn't a good idea to feed 2 snakes in the same enclosure

>>it isn't even a good idea to keep 2 different sized snakes togeather

>>and it isn't a good idea to feed live prey to any snake because they can get bit (wich is exactly what happened)

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>>but i think the post above was a little uncalled for the person asked for advice and all you did was insult her and called her stupid

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>>you could have made all your points just as well without insulting her

>>that was pretty mean and just not called for IMO

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>>Some larger corns could eat a small rat no problem

>>so next time make your critisism a little more constructive

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