Ralph obviously knows what he is doing. He's has a 100% success rate doing the method he shows in the video. While it may not be perfect veterinarian practice, he got the job done. Which he does 100% of the time. I'd personally would use a more sterile practice, but his video is very informative. My fiancee works at the SD Zoo here, and she saw this video and was pretty taken back on the method. Although, Ralph did state that this snake didn't require any antibiotics, but doesn't mean he hasn't needed to run antibiotics on pythons in the past in certain cases. Again, he knows what he is doing and props to the man taking initiative to save a life. Take what you want from his video and apply it in the method you see fit to save a life.