*So you think it is ok to witness someone NOT raising their animals correctly and not do something, offer advice or seek assistance? *
First thing I would have done is researched the husbandry requirements of the animal before deciding someone wasn't meeting those requirements. At this point, the guy was one step short of convincing his friend to sprinkle calcium powder on mice. I would want to be sure that the individual REALLY ISN'T raising the animal correctly before flying off the handle. Then, I'd research the animal before offering advice on how to care for it. It's all academic at this point. It's funny, I would expect to see your apology at the next post above, but it isn't there. But you wouldn't want to admit you might be wrong, would you?
*Is it your snake he is talking about or something? He knows enough about snakes to know that you dont starve it for months for no reason and that the guy isnt raising it correctly. What more does he need to know? He came here for help on fixing the problem. Why are you getting so worked up? *
First off, since you know so much, you will of course know that BP's can go a LONG time without eating. Never mind that my next paragraph said (and I quote) "you are right about the food thing..." It's nothing to panic about, though. And this post was more a rant about what his friend was doing wrong, rather than about how to do better. His next post was much more pro-active, which I appreciated.
*95 is very high. High temp should be 90 or less especially in a small enclosure where heat does not dissipate throughout the enclosure very well.*
I've found 90-95 to work very well. You are free to disagree, but don't act like such a know-it-all. Keeping animals is not an exact science. Temperature won't need to be at any EXACT point until the temperatures in West Africa stabilize to EXACTLY 90 degrees during the day for several generations of animals. Since the animal is in a 20-gallon long, the lower end of the range (90) is probably more appropriate. However, if you don't think heat can dissipate through a screen top, you've got some nerve calling ANYONE else an idiot. Get over yourself.
*Poor thing? Whats that supposed to mean? *
Don't worry about it. You are so ready to get offended here, just looking for a fight! Once again, get over yourself.
*And maybe next time you can actually offer help on HOW to offer it to the snake. *
The methods of offering food to a snake vary so greatly that it would have been a waste of time to go through it. And after three months of not eating, I'd expect a baby snake to go right for the food no matter what method is used. Since enticement doesn't seem necessary, what else should I have said?
**"Snakes are easy to keep. Don't over-do it." **
*Hmm, there are ALOT of people who would disagree with this statement. Snakes are not labor intensive (unless you have a large one like a burm or retic) but they are certainly not easy to keep. When you get that attitude, you get complacent and bad things happen. *
You can disagree with me all you want. I'll bet you feel like you were "chosen" to receive the gift of being able to care for bp's. Sorry to pop your bubble, but they're easy! I've had burms and retics and rock pythons before, and I thought they were rather easy to care for as well (aside from one 10-foot retic injection debacle). Maybe YOU get complacent if something's easy, that is YOUR issue. I'm an accountant, and the easier something gets the more I'm able to carefully manage it. You don't know me, so don't pretend that I'm ANYTHING like you. Once again, GET OVER YOURSELF!
*What a tool.*
If you even knew how little you knew, at least you'd know something!
