i completely agree in the sense that the only way to gain experience is hands on. I worded my post kind of wrong there, and misunderstood what point 1snakeman was trying to make. What i was trying to say in my post was that even though i and others have only been involved with herps for a short period of time doesn't mean they know nothing about the herp. You said that people shouldn't be giving out info if they haven't kept the herp for 3 years, but people like me know more about propere care and husbandry of that herp than some people who have kept the herp for 3 years. So you are saying that i should not help someone with their herp problems because i am not experienced enough? i know people with 3 years experience with herps who have no clue about the proper care of the species and you think they should be giving out info (most likely the WRONG info) because they have 3 years experience? i who may or may not have any experience with that herp may have the correct information and you say i shouldn't give it out because i have 3 yers experience? Like you said you can't really gain experience by reading care sheets, ariticles, and books but hands on exprience is necessary. Well since you said that then why should anyone listen to the people who post replies to the original post? i mean they are just like caresheets, articles, and books. i mean you said the only way you can gain experience is hands on. You can't teach someone how to handle a snake then why should you not handle a 10 foot burm by yourself? i mean the only way to gain experience is to do everything hands on. I understand what you are saying and semi agree with it but what i am trying to say is that sometimes people with 3 years experience know next to nothing about that herp and people who may have little or no experience with that herp may know how to give it a perfect life (or as close to one as captivity will allow). yet you said that because the person with none or little experience they should not post info. Then if that person knows more about that herp than some experienced keepers of that herp not post?
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0.1 "Tremper" looking Albino Leopard gecko (Lex)

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