Thought I'd better introduce myself as things seem to be a bit shaky .

[SCWood]

Yes! I had a recent diagnosis and was startled to say the least...luckily, my workplace is familiar with it and they actually kind of suspected it already and they don't treat me any differently ^^

[Zincubus]

Yes! I had a recent diagnosis and was startled to say the least...luckily, my workplace is familiar with it and they actually kind of suspected it already and they don't treat me any differently ^^

Well funnily enough , there is a website purely for us " weirdos "

I've sent you the link via PM .

[Drake Moonslayer]

Welcome to the forums. You should create a post with the pictures of your collection. I would love to see them. Dont stress out over the negative comments. Unfortunatly everywhere you go there are going to be some negative people and/or negative comments made towards you or a thought or idea you may have. In my experience it is better to just ignore them and move on. You should not stop posting just because of a negative situation. I would say doing what you said in staying away from the type of posts and/or conversations that you think might be stressful to yourself or that may start a battle even unintentionally might be the best course of action. But everyone has different knowledge with reguards to the care of their animals and your knowledge may help others and/or at least provide other views, options and experiences that people newer to reptiles may not have and may need.

[PitOnTheProwl]

Nice to hear from you ... it's certainly not easy admitting that you / we are different from the " norm " but I've always been upfront about my Aspergers and most seem to understand or at least cut me a bit of slack , sadly not everyone .

Thankfully there are positives that come with the many negatives as regards to Aspergers .

There are some of us that treat everyone equally.
Everything in life consists of choices to everyone.
I don't treat anyone special, here or in my real life.

[dr del]

I have absolutely no problem with live feeding, but I do have a problem with people who post live feeding videos to YouTube or Vimeo, particularly with heavy metal music playing in the background (where an animal's death is apparently being celebrated). I also have a problem with people feeding captive ball pythons to North American kingsnakes, whether they post videos or not. That's just my opinion, you're entitled to yours.

Just an informational post about the different culture over here;

While live feeding videos don't annoy me in themselves the tone of them is vital over here. Feeding live is legal but celebrating the death aspect or using it in a way designed for entertainment is actually illegal. Bit of a minefield to judge but if you post a video cheering the snake on and denigrating the mouse, then cheer when the snake kills it, could result in you being prosecuted and prevented from keeping any animal ever again.

[Zincubus]

Zinc, welcome to the forum. I read every post and I think running elk has had some particularly insightful things to say on this thread. I hope you continue to enjoy the forum and share your photos. I spend most of my time here keeping my opinion to myself on husbandry/feeding but feel free to comment on pictures/questions. I think it's unfair to bring a live vs f/t debate to this thread when the OP has stated numerous times that he has avoided commenting on those threads specifically for this reason. Everyone has an opinion, any animal can kill another animal. There's no need to shove it in the OP's face when there has already been posts where people provided input on how to set a positive tone and get positive feedback going forward.

Thank you for the kind words ... I will try and post a few pix

Here's my proven adult male Snow who's probably the jewel in my collection , certainly the costliest and most valuable money-wise.

He's the poster- boy Snow Boa of the well respected John Berry Designer Boa Morph books .

He's around 6 years old and approaching 7' long and very calm and friendly .

[Zincubus]

This next one is a unique looking Hybrid . Listed as an Imperial Peublan .

As I understand he's a mix of a Cali King and a Pueblan Milk . Has a lovely calm temperament and he's a CB12.

[Zincubus]

Next in line is my beautiful Dwarf Hypo Burmese python ... currently about 20" and around 12 month sold . Lovely temperament .

[PitOnTheProwl]

I saw that king on your photobucket.
He is sexxxxxy!!

[Zincubus]

I saw that king on your photobucket.
He is sexxxxxy!!

I've got high hopes for him , he's a beautifully calm and friendly boy and around 24" but when he's much bigger I've been advised by a friend in the TV business that he will be in demand for snake placement in TV plays / commercials and the like - even media events .