Big snakes, small enclosures.

[dr del]

Hi,

I have to tell you Pat - I don't see bear baiting.

I'm not overly keen on the allegation of staff bias either - but if that's your opinion after reading all of this then I certainly can't change your mind.

You are just as entitled to your opinions as the rest of the members - including the staff. We would never let the personal opinions affect how we enforce the rules but we are still allowed to have them and express them within the framework of the rules if we want to.

Although I have to ask - you don't see any points to ponder in the fact that the people defending him have dealt with him or visited his facility and the most voiciferous people throwing around the wilder of the allegations have done neither?

The initial post asked a specific question and the opinions on that have been mixed.

if you dont have the space to house 40 retics, rocks and burms
you shouldnt have them, retics, rocks and burms dont need extreme big cages but the way brian does it is animalcruelty in my eyes........
its all about breeding/popularity and lots of money i think....

With the rock pythons, I'll agree. The caging isn't too small. It is just right. I've kept and bred Rocks for quite a while.

But once started the thread has broadened and meandered into the question of monitors with reasons given for and against the use of feeding cages.

Then there are the allegations that Brian was being less than honest when he stated the housing was temporary in another example. I honestly do not think that was called for. Does he have a reputaion for dishonesty that I don't know about?

You say if it was any other breeder they would be slammed for any minor inconsistency - could you link me to any thread where that has happened on the site in the past?

This site has always tried to avoid the spats against breeders or other websites wherever possible from what I have seen.

It's beginning to remind me of a witch hunt or an old mangy dog trying to chew a bone with broken down teeth - he just keeps moving it around trying to find a weak spot.

I don't know a thing about monitors or how they should be caged and fed so have nothing to add to that discussion at all. But I argue with people enough to know that when you change the focus or thrust of the argument but keep the same target then the argument is and always was irrelevant and you start looking for the motivation for the continued attack.

I don't know what the xchange rate is for two cents so you can have a quid if you like.


dr del