Cat vs. Ball Python = Cat Won

[JLC]

This response is to all three individuals quoted here, as well as to everyone reading.

I do not know how the snake got out, so please do not start a big debate on it. I'm just asking for advice on how to treat and other similar stories. Thank you.

Evilme -- While I completely understand your sentiment, unfortunately, when you come onto a public site like this and ask questions, people are going to comment as they wish. You can't control the responses you will get...the best you can do is sort through them and pick out the nuggets of gold that you need and ignore the rest.

Sorry to come off harsh about your friend, but a part of being big boys and girls is the ability to accept blame for when we screw up and learn from it. Putting on the blinders and calling this just an accident is wrong...and will just lead to more "accidents'...these animals rely on us, and us alone. It wasn't the cats fault and it wasn't the snakes fault...who is left?

Sho -- your responses have been completely unreasonable. I know you have the right to express your opinion in a thread like this...but this is me expressing my opinion as well. How do you KNOW her friend hasn't accepted responsibility for her actions? How do you know the person doesn't feel horrible and has already taken steps to make sure this doesn't happen again in the future? There's simply no point and no positive benefit to being so critical and nasty this way.

When I read these it makes me really wonder about this site and how "friendly" it really is.

Animals -- With so many thousands of members participating, we're bound to get personalities that clash and that are abrasive. We can't control people and we can't force everyone to "be nice"....but we DO enforce our rules as consistently and fairly as possible and work our butts off doing so. And if you take the site as a whole, given its size and how much information and help everyone is willing to share with anyone who needs it and how much compassion MOST people have for those in need.....I believe we live up to our reputation pretty darned well.

Everyone -- I don't believe Evilme was asking for stories of incompetence. I believe she was asking for stories of folks who had had an injured snake that survived. She's looking for encouragement in a difficult situation. Why not offer some?