There is a learning curve, I think

Terse or not, I appreciate all the advice I've been given here. Maybe people could stand to be more "nice", but I'd never want them to refrain from telling my the truth, even when the truth might hurt my feelings. I don't particularly care whether or not the truth is sugar-coated so long as I can figure out what I need to do to tend to my snakes to the best of my ability.


I also understand that a lot of people here get asked the same questions over and over again. It must be frustrating. I wish that the proper guidelines for ball python husbandry were out there, and given to everyone ho owns one of these gorgeous animals. Unfortunately there are still plenty of snakes out there slithering around in dry enclosures, or along heat rocks without any hides. As long as pet stores are more interested in profits than they are in the proper care of animals this will keep happening. And they're not the only culprits, there are negligent owners and misinformation abounds everywhere. I think most of the negativity comes from people who are sick of seeing snakes mistreated, not out of a desire to attack or demean anyone.

Maybe this will sound harsh, but try not to take it so personally. Even if you were doing something wrong that doesn't mean you're a bad person. We all make mistakes. Take your newfound knowledge and do better next time. That's all any of us can do.

Here is your warning. I am going to be brash.

When you post things like:

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Two issues: his respiratory infection mayve didn't clear up and I took my (old) vet's advice and put a few drops of tea tree oil in his humidity spray bottle to "naturally disinfect. Eye roll. He's going to the herp vet emergency room in an hour.

But im serious when I say he was LITERALLY DEAD AND I WAS WONDERING WHERE TO BURY HIM BEFORE HE ROSE LIKE JESUS. Is this why they live so long? So they can outlive you and eventually control our galaxy?"

This is what you said while nonchalantly talking about your snake seizing out. After being incorrectly taken care of after being diagnosed by a vet as having an RI.
From what I see, advice was given to you once about your BP, By more than one senior member, and you basically said lol whatever and did what you wanted anyways.

People don't put up with that - not people who truly love ball pythons and animal wellbeing.

May I suggest buying a Chihuahua and selling your BP to an owner that will properly care for it and not clothe it in a sweater?

At first I thought wow what a bunch of jerks (the interwebs has a way of not being able to emote ha) but then again I'm far from a sensitive human being. If it wasn't for stern and ACCURATE information from Deb, Kara, Justin and Nate at the time and a little side help from Brian Barczyk I wouldn't have the collection I have now in the excellent health and care that they're in. There's no need to sugarcoat hard truth. Just my 2 cents.


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Just wanted to add, I've found this site to be one of the friendliest and most openminded actually! There are some snake communities out there that are just.... whoo. Not fun, super close-minded, and actually pick fights with you with verbal abuse if you don't do things EXACTLY how they do it, even if you aren't having issues. They attack you for even considering the use of pvccages, glass tanks, even if the keeper has all the right equipment and the temps and humidity are fine and the snake is even healthy. Not cool at all!

That is, I'm really only thinking of one specific community... Most others, including this one, are friendly and understand all the aspects and different ways of snake keeping.