Since you have decided to be a little more pleasant, I will do the same.( I hope my grammar and spelling will not be an issue. ) First of all, I never said; " That I did not contribute to boas being taken out of the wild. " I said; " That I bought to keep and not sling and that because of that, I did not contribute to wild population demise as much as others, BUT buying one is as bad as buying a thousand." Therefore, I am as guilty as any and in essence; " a sin is a sin. " As far as what I have produced in the last 17yrs and what my experiance is, if you send me an E- mail and would like to talk like two grown men, I will spend a dime and be glad to conversate over the phone and you may see that; " I am not a bad guy, like some of you assume. " I will not go into a life story on here. This " Revelation " that I have had about not buying any more imports, has been on my mind, ever since I visited Guyana and Suriname a few years back and I have been in Miami on shipment day many times. As I said, Matt; " There are plenty of boas in this country already to keep good solid bloodlines going of most localities and even morphs, IF WE ARE RESPONSIBLE as a Herp community and represent the animals correctly. " Now. as far as what I mean by ( strong genetic diversity. ) I firmly believe that; " We keep alot of animals alive in clutches produced that would have never made it in the wild. " Like; " Premature babies and or runts and babies born with yolks still attached and babies who are somewhat shakey and showing bad neurological signs and even babies that do not want to eat well or have regurgitation syndrome for a while." The argument is; " Well, in captivity we can give these animals patience and tender and loving care and be fairly successful with keeping them alive and raising them and maybe even produce out of them. " My belief is; " When we do that, we are only putting out weeker genes in the captive gene pool and very few of those animals live long or produce long and something inside tells you that the animal has never been completely right. " So in essence, " I believe that those babies should be humanely euthanized, even if it means the whole clutch. " I know; " John you are a horrible man!!! " No, I love animals and nature with all my heart ( much more than humans actually and that should not surprise most of you ) but, even though I am not " Father Nature " I feel that in order to keep captive lines strong and keep customers happy and give them only the best, hardy and strong animals, that it must be done for strong future captive bloodlines. I am not GOD, but I took the "role" of GOD, when I decided to buy my first snake and too that snake, I am somewhat GOD and Nature. ( Think hard about what I just said before you redicule me for it. ) There is a hidden principle.Everyone, has their own convictions and these are mine. Nobody has to agree and contrary to popular belief; " I do not force my beliefs on anybody. " I believe I am took out of context for a few reasons; " One, I am very straight up and usually go against the popular grain of things and yes I can be a little brash and servile at times. " Not, because I am a mean old bast*rd, but because I have made mistakes and I have seen what works and I have seen what does not work and I try to let people know that; " They do not have to make the same mistakes that I did in the past. " That is as heartfelt as I can put it........GOD BLESS........Johnson Herp

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