Originally Posted by Patrick Long
There's a perceived difference in a forum member, such as Wes, voicing his feelings in support of Brian in the "giant snake - small enclosure " thread and mods seemingly - and the key word is seemingly, coming to Brian's aid.
I have no bone to pic with either the mods (or in general the job they do) or Brian, and I don't keep giant snakes. I though Andrew's initial comments regarding the size of the afrock enclosure showed that he wasn't out to bash anyone.
Where the proverbial bone got caught in the throat is with the monitor. I agree with Andrew and I agree with other varanid keepers that there were some inconsistencies in what what was explained - but in the end, so what? This has been hashed and re-hased on several forums and the consensus is that as a temporary enclosure it was inadequate and that if the animal was that violent a feeder, that a separate feeding bin was probably a bad idea. So it was a bad choice all the way around...............period and I don't need anyone to explain or defend it.
I do agree that if another forum member had posted the same video, that they would not have been afforded the same leeway that Brian was..........however, I agree with the assertion that Brian is a dedicated keeper who should be given a bit of freeboard because he's earned it.
So in the end, Brian gets the benefit of the dount because of the reputation he has earned in this community. I get that and I can live with that.
But having site mods appearing to poke and prod Andrew (example - the shot about Andrew laying aside his integrity for a photo shoot) is a bit harder to swallow.
People question other people's husbandry skills all the time here, and it's usually done without the mods stepping in to give the target cover.
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