Larry doesn't know anything?

[Slim]

evan, I don't know who Larry is, and I'm sure Larry wouldn't give the square root of a rat's butt to know who I am, but I do know a few things.

1) 70+ years of doing something, doesn't mean you've been doing it right...just means you've been doing it a long time.

2) Running around catching wild snakes in countries like Africa doesn't make you an expert on their captive care...probably doesn't hurt, but doesn't make you an expert.

3) It does not take a Wile Coyote Super Genius to breed BPs in captivity...just read the Breeding Forum long enough and that will become self evident.

4) My great grandparents washed their clothes on a board in the river. Today I wash my clothes in a machine. It's easier and the clothes are cleaner and they last longer. Doesn't make what my great grandparents did wrong...doesn't make me wrong either.

5) The manner in which I keep ball pythons is based on my previous experience, my anecdotal observation, and the advise of those I trust. I can only assume Larry does the same thing. That does not mean I will ever agree that it's ok to house multiple BPs in the same enclosure, but if that's the way he does it, then he should rock on with his bad self.

5) You should take your advise from the sources you trust most. But, I'm not convinced that defending the husbandry ideas of a 70 year old guy who while certainly experienced, has clearly not kept up with modern husbandry science, or clearly does not care, advances the discussion?