Ryan - I assume Amanda isn't on this thread because there were several posts at the beginning that addressed her question of having an injured snake. The first post to hers addressed what she should do now. The first few posts mentioned checking the mouth and/or getting it to a vet. People get upset when they read a SNAKE getting injured over doing something you shouldn't do. The only flavor I want to bring to this thread has been it is NOT OK. Yes, people have and will continue to do what Amanda did because it is possible to do. You can feed live rats to snakes. You can put 2, 3, 4, or many snakes together in the same cage. It is possible to do it. But I continue to say, IT IS NOT OK. Why? Because the very unfortunate thing that happened is POSSIBLE to happen. I don't like to see things that say it's O.K. especially on a thread where a snake has been injured. We don't even know at this point if the snake will survive. I'm not heartless. I feel bad for the snake and I feel bad for Amanda. Quite frankly, I applaud a person who had the courage to post on this forum the post she did. I agree it's not a time to call anyone names. My first post states that. There are threads in the archives that address you shouldn't do the things Amanda did. This is one of the reasons you don't do these things. It is possible to injure your snake. I'm sorry this happened to Amanda. I'm especially sorry this happened to her snake. She is NOT stupid or a bad person; NOT in the least. Please in the future if possible Amanda, house your snakes separately and feed them prekilled. Yes Ryan, you are correct it goes both ways.



Terry Parks



>>this topic is also a heated debate with a volkswagens forum i belong to. though the forums are, in my opinion, the best sources of info in most cases, members are becoming uninterested in the site at all because of 3 or 4 people who 'flame' others for what they consider to be ugly cars, or lousy modifications. it does boil down to common sense. in the case of the bitten snake, her post was not asking whether she was wrong or right, i'm sure her common sense told her that it was obviously a mistake. she was, however, asking for help in how to treat her snake because she obviously cares for them, whether or not she knew how exactly to take care of them. she did not ask for anyone to tell her what an idiot she was. no, she didn't not use a lot of common sense. she just may not have known better. but i believe a total lack of common sense was issued when posts were made against her person, instead of objective answers to her questions and positive information on what would be best for her and her pets. it goes both ways.

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>>-ryan

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