Quote Originally Posted by Deborah View Post
No one on this forum is qualified to give a diagnosis to help treat an animal, even if they were qualified unless an animal is actually seen by a vet who will perform the necessary exams, no one knows what the best treatment course will be for the specific animal.

There is also the problem of people (often newer inexperienced owners) panicking imagining the worse simply because their animal(s) has some symptoms that might be similar to some very serious diseases or virus. (seen it many times).
This is why people should at least look at the thread to see the possibilities of what their snakes COULD have, so if those posibilities are serious, they should take a visit to the vet to see what the snake really has and get advice from the vet on what to do for the snake (such as getting a culture if the snake has RI so it can get on the right course of anitibiotics). The thread would be useful for also helping people learn about different diseases--which I think is very important for someone to know just so they know the risks of what can happen if they owned a Ball python and/or while owning a Ball python if they already have one.

Quote Originally Posted by rabernet View Post
Not to pick on you Tiffany, but that's what I'm uncomfortable with. Since YOU don't know how it's caused, then how are you qualified to determine who gives you correct information?
When I read through the PMs, I would also look up the disease and research it before I post up the answer on the thread. I'm not just going to choose the best answer out of all and post it up, I would take my time reading through it and research the disease before I put it up on the thread.