Re: assist pooped my pastel for the second time!!!help
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Originally Posted by
RobNJ
I'm also not incredibly convinced of how rare problems(in general) are that we would consider rare. We just don't hear of problems, because we know of what we hear about on these forums. I'd be willing to bet that most casual snake owners have barely read a care sheet let alone participate in a forum, and though there are no statistics available, I'd also be willing to bet that there are a large number of snakes that die needlessly year after year because of the casual owners I just mentioned.
Although I, myself, have been scolded for making absolute statements on this site when there is a rare, rare chance of something happening, I see far more stories/threads/posts when owners are worrying needlessly than I do posts where something like impaction, IBD, cage aggression, or a severe feeder bite actually occurred. I have no doubts that the "casual owners" (which I read as willfully ignorant) you reference allow their animals to suffer unknowingly and/or unnecessarily, but I think oftentimes the internet's insistence on repeating the 1:10000s odds events creates excessive angst, especially for inexperienced keepers.
