we all act preachy and sarcastic at times, me especially. My point wasn't aimed towards spelling, although it did seem it, it was aimed at responsibility. A responsible keeper would take the time to do as much research as possible. Getting on the internet and asking, "how do I keep this or that", AFTER purchasing the snake, is not a respected practice in the herp community. And while you ask it, if you don't prove that your reasonably intelligent, you're not going to get many helpful responses. You may not think, but many DO judge a person on how articulate they are, many do not. Even some States base their approval decision for permits on spelling, grammar, and, intelligence. NY is starting to be one of them. I wouldn't have said anything at all, until he got an attitude because he didn't get enough responses. If he did a simple search, google or archive, he would have found what he was looking for.
Keeping venomous snakes is a serious commitment. And, let's face it, reptile keepers are the bottom of the barrel in most people's eyes. So why not show them that we are a responsible and educated community of people, that have just as much responsiblity and intelligence as the yuppies that you see at dog shows? It's about time we get away from the dope dealing, tattood, Harley riding image, that is often what people think about our hobby.

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