Habitat vs Tupperwear

[angllady2]

My mother has a term for people like you, you are a [poop] disturber.

So what if you HATE snakes kept in plastic, that doesn't give you the right to come off as some sort of avenging angel condemning everyone who doesn't see things your way as a monster.

I had two adult ball pythons I kept in tanks for over two years. They never had a good shed, ate irregularly, were always crabby and snappish, and I thought that was just how things were. Eventually, they got so un-manageable, I had to admit I was in over my head and found them a new home with owners who had more experience.

Over a year later I decided to try again with babies instead of adults. Tried the whole tank thing again. Spent tons of time and money and started down the same road all over again. Then I decided to see if there was something to the whole "tub" thing. Goodness knows I always thought people who crammed their snakes into little tiny tubs were cruel. Guess what? My temps stabilized, humidity came up, snakes started feeding like clockwork, and suddenly became the sweetest snakes in the world.

Hmmmm, stick with expensive, hard-to-maintain tanks and have crabby snakes, or choose easy to maintain and much less expensive tubs and have loving, happy snakes. Wasn't too hard of a decision for me. If it makes my snakes happy, it makes me happy. So tank, tub or doghouse, it makes no difference to me as long as they are happy. Mine do better in tubs. Some do better in tanks, There may even be one somewhere who does well in a doghouse for all I know. But I don't go around trying to shove my opinion down everyone's throat.

YOUR way of doing things isn't the best for everyone, nor do you have the right to tell people that it should be the only way. You do what makes yours happy, and let me do what makes mine happy.

Gale