Some Brongs!

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So you help me make my point. YouTube videos are not a good educational tool. You didn't explain that the snake would be cleaned and given a fresh tub. So others like me will watch your video and see you wipe the snake off and place it in a dressed out tub. Why put it back on mulch? Unless it was going to be tossed out you just ruined it by putting a dirty snake on it.

Yea assumptions can mislead but so can pointless videos that teach nothing. The video could have been great. Take that bad situation and go through the process of cleaning the snake and disinfecting the tub. Then somebody may learn something. As you posted it the video is misleading with a poor choice for a title with no educational value.

I'm all for free information and learning from YouTube. But most the videos I have seen are really misleading, misinforming, or just plain dumb. Make a video but make it useful.

Do you always have a bad shed if you don't soak? I'm in Houston and the humidity in my home is super low compared to what some of my snakes require but I don't have to soak. Maybe you are doing extra work that is not needed. I try to leave my snakes alone during a shed and always have nice full sheds. Both my BRB and GTP shed this past week with nothing more than an occasional misting.

I think the video was fine. I understood the intention of it. Sometimes that will indeed happen when soaking a blood python, and it is less than glamorous. Sometimes we as keepers have to help our animals out. If this has to be done by soaking, then so be it. The keeper doesn't really need to be looked down upon because he or she is trying to help the animal, right? I live in Southern California. It is very dry here in the summer and winter. I sometimes have to soak a snake or two. No big deal. In any case, it isn't so much of a humidity issue, but more likely an animal hydration issue anyways. Just some things to think about.

That Matrix is super cool by the way Matt!