1) So you don't think its a crime to import BP's because they are abundant and cheap and easy to catch? Ok fine. But I'm just wondering where you find the time to do population studies on wild populations of Balls in Africa? Just curious. Because I KNOW you would never just assume something, right?



You also ask what I would say to people who say that "keeping a snake in wooden box is wrong"? What does that have to do with this discussion!!?? Ha ha, you completely lost me there man. If there's a point to make, please make it, because that little tangent just confused me. People say lots of things. Keep it relevant to the discussion.



2) You say that the CH BP's you've bought have never had mites or ticks. Great. Does that automatically mean that no CH BP has mites or ticks? No. Now even if you were right, and they didn't, why would every single book and caresheet and breeder tell you that they might/probably would? Again, maybe you're light years ahead of the game man and know something we all don't?



3) All my CB BP's grow fast and breed and eat well. Not sure where you're heading with that one...



4) Inbreeding and artificial selection contribute to lethal and deleterious alleles getting together. Ummm...ok. If that's the case, then the increased homozygosity of such alleles would further refine the captive population and, thus, make it stronger. I think you misunderstand where runts come from and why they occur. Its usually not the fault of DNA. Rather, its usually environmental. These things have evolved for hundreds of thousnds of years and you seem to think that a few captive breedings that produce runtish animals is that fault of DNA not being acted upon by nature? Excuse me while I burst a lung!!! Don't be so egotistical man. BP DNA is pretty much set. We're not going to mess it up. Runts occur from OUR mistakes, not nature's. Don't be so pompous.



5) Get over the typo thing man. I just type away and press "submit". I don't read and re-read. This isn't a formal report for a job or dissertation.



6) QUOTE: “ Unlike CB animals they have to overcome many challenges to reach that point. The weak would likely have been weeded out. So stronger parents are most likely to yield stronger babies. Yes there will be runts, but the probability of stronger blood is HIGH! That is BASIC GENETICS."



Again, runts are not usually the result of faulty DNA. And what works for the savannas of Africa, might not work for your cage. So if for some magical reason you are correct (which you’re not) and wild BP’s have better blood, well that better blood is for the plains of Africa, not for your cage in your reptile room. Its beyond me why that is so hard for you to understand.



7) So you've helped an importer unpack from Africa? Great. Now do you honestly think that what you are unpacking is what was initially caught? NO. BP's can trade hands 2-7 times before they reach N. America man. If you are trying to tell me and the rest of the BP community that its moral and ethically right and that CH are better than CB, you are fighting a losing battle man.



As for picking fights, why is it ok for you to disagree, yet when someone disagrees with you, its labelled "picking a fight"? Doesn't make sense. Especially when you were the first to bring it to a personal level.



Thank you for confusing me utterly and for making me practice my typing.
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