Well, since this thread hasn't died yet and I've now seen the vid in question, I'll give my thoughts. Yes this snake was improperly handled by people with inadequate experience, and it could be argued that the owner should consider selling the snake to someone better able to work with it. Have to admit, even my wife, who watched part of it over my shoulder, was surprised at the way the situation was handled. I will continue watching, and hope this whole thing doesn't go the way of animal planet.
Now, on the somewhat offtopic subject of Brian from bhb, I am another one who has had the opportunity to speak to him personally, and yes he really is just as approachable and enthusiastic about seemly everything as he is on snake bytes. And though I do strongly disagree about some of his lizard care setups, I still think he is a stand up guy, and a great ambassador for the hobby. And the gators are normally in about a 10' diameter pool, haven't seen the recent episodes of snakebytes, so not sure if that's what everyone talking about. A kiddie pool to me is one of those thin plastic 4'-6' diameter jobs you get from walmart, not the 10' commercial grade pool I normally see in his vids. Wonder if I could talk him into letting me design and help build some proper setups for those night niles, lol.
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