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I DONT KNOW IF EVERYONE OR i SHOULD SAY QUITE A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THIS FORUM!Is it that time of the month or what!I thought this was a forum for new cobers to come to an ask questions an learn everything that they could learn so they could best take care of their animals!Instead their seams like almost every new comber that comes who may be asking a question that has been asked a million times asks this question again an what do they get?A smarta$$ remark!We are all adults here or we are supposed to be!Who cares if a person buys 2 animals from a clutch an needs to house them together for a couple of weeks,because they dont have mommy or daddy to buy them big expensive cages or they dont have the deep pockets that others have!This just dont make no dang sence!I have spoke to many of the breeders that house two boas together up untill they are a year old!Or if someone happens to try an answer someones question an is a little off gets a bunch of rundowns for making a mistake!What is this forum coming too!An then the locale breeders run down the morph breeders!They are all BOA'S PEOPLE!An if you really think you got 110% true blood then maybe you should be the one drawing a disabilty check because even I am smart enough too know that their arent very many 100% true specific local blood out their!!!Come on we are supposed to be a joined community an if we keep this crap up between us when the future comes an we are not standing as a combined unit then none of us will own boas PERIOD!i AM SORRY FOR RAMBLING BUT THIS TICKS ME OFF BIG TIME TO SEE PEOPLE TREATING PEOPLE THIS WAY!THE WORLD AN LIFE IS SHORT ENOUGH WHAT IS THIS DOING TO HELP THAT?CRAPO!Thats what!Lest start using this forum for what its supposed to be used for!Not to be snobs an smart a44ES!tHANKS FOR READING MY POST!Thanks Eric[Hypoboa]
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I read this forum regularly although I don't post very much and sometimes I'm realy disapointed with some post's and replies I read. all of us who make up the reptile "community" should try to remember there are groups out there who would like to ban reptiles and it will only be easier for them to do if we can't even get along amongst our selves, what we need to do is stick together. So when you see a post from someone who just got their firstsnake, asking what you feel is a stupid question remember that their a potential new member of our reptile community and if all they get is negitive replies because they may have misspelled afew words or their grammar is poor their going to think were all just a bunch of jerks, or worse if their question does not get answered and maybe their snake dies then we may have forever lost that potential new member and if you believe it or not we need all the help we can get ask someone in New York. I think it only hurts our cause to fight amungst ourselves over mutts and morphs and being overly critical of peoples spelling. so can't we all just get along we are all in the same boat. sorry for the long rant but I beleive these are the facts. Steve M.

Welcome to Kingsnake forum! Keep sharing your opinions...I think they are great! Andy

thanks for doing what I counld not

well said, I think to many people forget what it was like when they first got into the hobby and had a million and one questions that they needed help with.

That's why it's popular. I even click on Tex's posts (you know who you are.) Kinda like a car accident-you HAVE to look.

See in my post below. I think we SHOULD and NEED to help new comers, however isn't much of the responsibility theirs. Most of us started on our own by reading and learning. This is mainly due to a lack of resources like forums, but people are becomeing lazy and think of reptiles as disposable pets, they don't realize their boa should live to 20.

We do need to help! I think negative remarks should be left out, just don't reply. On the same note, these newcomers should know the basics and be preventative in their actions in healthful care for their new animal.

When books talk about quarantine, getting a vet check, proper cageing with good heating and a reliable thermostat, and buying from a reputable breeder who will help you; they are NOT lying. In every herp book I have read all of these things are covered and repeated, at this point I skip them in new books, or read them to learn the updated and better methods in husbandry.

There is a reason for everything. Before makeing a decision one should examine all ends of the possibilities.

Chris

Hey Chris...I think what you are saying would be more fitting to a perfect world. We all know we do not live in a perfect world. Young kids are still getting pregnant, despite all the education that is being pushed. Families basically fell appart years ago and this is the end result of it. Think of our organization as a family...We will always have to deal with the ramafications of impulse decisions. We as our learning progresses have to educate those comming in behind us. The hope is that someday the strength and size of the mass of our organization, will make learning the first step, and all will fall in place. The more visible our organization the more aware the general population becomes. Andy

Andy, thanks.
I do not know what to say, but everyone should read that! It was put together so well.

Chris

I appreciate your posts. Andy