if this was any member here, who performed this backyard surgery, they would have been hung drawn and quartered, it would not have mattered one iota that they were holding the surviving baby 6mths later, u would have tore him/her apart regardless, it seems its not possible for people to be completely honest about ralph davis on a ball python forum, i suppose i was a little naive to think it would be otherwise.
i believe ralph got lucky, nothing more, his son in fact is responsible for the happy outcome, to experience what that neonate went through, pierce ur stomach 8-10 times with a skewer, but please dont put ur dirty fingers in the holes, u may not be as lucky as ralph.
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