Why not to cohabitate any snake

[SaintTawny]

Not bashing. You called out people who cohabitate. You used this example as why to not cohabitate.

I cohabitate. You called out what I do. I'm vocal about it.

It's a bad example and the wrong conclusion to draw from this incident.

Your poop sample example is flawed also. I've covered it before, as have other experienced keepers who cohabitate.

For the record, I don't recommend cohabitation...my disclaimer is that it shouldn't be practice by everyone and with select species.

What I do recommend is that people don't bash something they don't do. I also recommend that people apply logic and experience to their advice.

I recommend that people who can barely crap out the rent, who can't afford vet care, who can't afford proper husbandry tools refrain from buying snakes.

...and that people stick to talking about what they have direct experience with.

How much experience do you have with a wide variety of species? How much cohabitation have you practiced? How many cases of spontaneous disease have you encountered in your established collection? What are your quarantine practices? Can you name species that are known to cohabitate peacefully and also which species are next to impossible to breed unless you cohabitate them year round?

You want to have a valid voice on this topic, let everyone know your expertise on it. You already stated you don't cohabitate. As far as I'm concerned, you don't get to weigh in with any legitimacy.

Now if you want to draw this as an example on the danger of packing a lot of snakes together and placing them in a stressful situation...I'm behind you 100%. But do not apply this act of utter stupidity to the responsible practice of keeping snakes together. Do not attempt to use this dumb incident as a rallying point to shame people who cohabitate.

Unless you can speak with any authority on the subject. If you can, I'll gladly listen.

Why do you always take these things personally? The blanket statement about what a bad idea cohabitation is is very obviously not an attack on your methods. You can cohab peacefully and walk away from these conversations without turning it into a crusade. There are no snake police who are going to come harass you for your housing situation. The general idea is that average joe can't/shouldn't cohabitate, and you yourself agree with this statement, and that's exactly what every post I've seen you get offended by boiled down to, but you still find reason to make it about yourself.