I am going to have to disagree

[Freakie_frog]

There other thing to consider is that the OP is mistaking inquisitiveness (damn I spelled that right but misspelled consider.. figures) for aggression. I can tell you from first hand experience that you see an aggressive snake once or twice you wont soon forget it.

[Patricia]

I am totally and utterly lost, these big words hurt my brain.

I can usually follow big words, but this thread has me lost.

I just wrote a huge explanation for a question that you didn't actually ask.

Maybe that's why I'm lost, ROFL!

Oh, BTW JLC, THANK YOU for modifying that "b" word in the OP. Hurts my eyes.

[Montie Python]

They modified my op, because I said the opposite of a male cat? Wow!...Sorry for offending the offended...Your eyes should feel a lot better now...


Wow this thread was surely hijacked!

My point in the matter was simply that I disagree with people saying there is no difference between feeding them in a different enclosure rather than their own enclosure...from my observation...MY with my ONE snake...MY observation...I meaning ME, noticed that my snake was a bit more aggressive today, and I'm drawing this reason due to have feeding him in his enclosure for the first time...

I am not saying that either one is better, im just stating my observation today...And I definitely do not see my snake's behavior as a bad thing...If you guys noticed I was just making jokes about it throughout my original post (though it may have not been funny to anyone, it was still a joke), as the title of this thread states: I am going to have to disagree...

sure you can rebuttal,

But I sometimes think, people sit and wait on this site browsing through the forums, for anyone to slip...Just so they can be the first one to knock them down...And a lot of "know it alls" love to state their opinion even though it has nothing to do with the original post...

Sorry I ranted but enough is enough already...

[joshn6805]

Everybody has there own opinion and they are entitled to state that. You had your right to state your disaggrement and you did so quite well I thought. Sorry about your thread being hijacked, but you should have requested an admin to close it if you thought it was getting out of hand. This is a family forum and it is stated very clearly in the sites tos/rules and its your responsibility to know what to say and whats not appropriate.

[HeartAche]

Im curious to know what this aggressive behavior looked like. & if this was already explained, someone point me in that direction plz :-D

[Jerhart]

They modified my op, because I said the opposite of a male cat? Wow!...Sorry for offending the offended...Your eyes should feel a lot better now...

Do you mean the opposite of a male canine?

A female cat is called a 'queen'.

I don't think a mode would modify the post if it contained 'queen'...but perhaps I am missing something.

[wilomn]

Do you mean the opposite of a male canine?

A female cat is called a 'queen'.

I don't think a mode would modify the post if it contained 'queen'...but perhaps I am missing something.

I suppose it may just depend on which MODE the MOD was in.

Friendly MODE- no problem
Irritated MODE- some people......
Frustrated in General MODE- infraction infraction, infractions all around

And female cats are not just queens but Queens of they see, have ever seen and will ever see. Try to get it right next time.

Sheesh.

[Skiploder]

They modified my op, because I said the opposite of a male cat? Wow!...Sorry for offending the offended...Your eyes should feel a lot better now...


Wow this thread was surely hijacked!

My point in the matter was simply that I disagree with people saying there is no difference between feeding them in a different enclosure rather than their own enclosure...from my observation...MY with my ONE snake...MY observation...I meaning ME, noticed that my snake was a bit more aggressive today, and I'm drawing this reason due to have feeding him in his enclosure for the first time...

I am not saying that either one is better, im just stating my observation today...And I definitely do not see my snake's behavior as a bad thing...If you guys noticed I was just making jokes about it throughout my original post (though it may have not been funny to anyone, it was still a joke), as the title of this thread states: I am going to have to disagree...

sure you can rebuttal,

But I sometimes think, people sit and wait on this site browsing through the forums, for anyone to slip...Just so they can be the first one to knock them down...And a lot of "know it alls" love to state their opinion even though it has nothing to do with the original post...

Sorry I ranted but enough is enough already...

You could put everybody on "ignore".

That way you could post all the inane garbage you want and not hear a word of protest or have to suffer through having another forum member argue your pithy observations.

Someday someone may get a grant to do nothing but study snake behavior. They will then, with great care and diligence, proceed to answer that age old question: Does feeding a snake in it's cage make it aggressive?

I predict two things when that happens:

(1) Some of us will find fault with the experiment and question the results.

(2) The researcher will base his results on more than one animal and more than one feeding incident.

Nobody is knocking you down - you disagreed with the collective consensus of many, many experienced snake owners. You based your argument on one snake and one incident. Whether you were serious or joking (I'm guessing the former due to your last post) you can't tell me you didn't expect people to challenge your assertion.

I think a lot of people have had fun with this thread. All because you dared to (apologies to Jack Spirko) challenge the dogma of this site.

I've had so much fun, in fact, that I'm going to start a thread tonight titled "I'm Going to Have to Disagree But My Snake is a Vegan".

I will base my post on the fact that my stupid ball python hasn't eaten a mouse, a rat or a slab of baby-back ribs since February. If he refuses to eat meat, he must be a vegan - right?

Cheers.

[Kaorte]

I don't think a one time thing can be considered "conditioning". That contradicts the definition. You can't have a routine if the cycle has only happened once.

[wilomn]

You could put everybody on "ignore".

That way you could post all the inane garbage you want and not hear a word of protest or have to suffer through having another forum member argue your pithy observations.

Someday someone may get a grant to do nothing but study snake behavior. They will then, with great care and diligence, proceed to answer that age old question: Does feeding a snake in it's cage make it aggressive?

I predict two things when that happens:

(1) Some of us will find fault with the experiment and question the results.

(2) The researcher will base his results on more than one animal and more than one feeding incident.

Nobody is knocking you down - you disagreed with the collective consensus of many, many experienced snake owners. You based your argument on one snake and one incident. Whether you were serious or joking (I'm guessing the former due to your last post) you can't tell me you didn't expect people to challenge your assertion.

I think a lot of people have had fun with this thread. All because you dared to (apologies to Jack Spirko) challenge the dogma of this site.

I've had so much fun, in fact, that I'm going to start a thread tonight titled "I'm Going to Have to Disagree But My Snake is a Vegan".

I will base my post on the fact that my stupid ball python hasn't eaten a mouse, a rat or a slab of baby-back ribs since February. If he refuses to eat meat, he must be a vegan - right?

Cheers.

Chortle Chortle Chuckle Laugh

He used the word "pithy." How cool is that?