Quote Originally Posted by DVirginiana View Post
No offense, but if you're not allowed to do something as simple as mist and maintain basic tank conditions, why do you have three BPs? The things you do to work around some of the frankly ridiculous rules you say you have to deal with range from pointless and stressful to borderline dangerous to your BPs (this is taking a lot of older posts into account).
I understand you have to obey the rules of the house, but if you know you're in a situation where someone won't let you properly take care of your snakes why keep getting them?
Yes I know it's ridiculous. Understand that my MIL is kind of a wack job...for instance, she said I could keep a rat and a week later tried to kill it because she said I was 'annoying her'. I'm not allowed to mist because she uses wood in her tanks and it turns green whenever I mist. Her rule is, if the snake is eating, pooping, and breathing, nothing needs to be done. She almost evicted me for bringing a scale into the house. She says no gauges, no misting, no scales, etc. .. the snake is breathing yes? Then leave it alone. That is HER logic. Now imagine, I am only 18, living with her because I love her daughter and I truly have nowhere else to go nor could I afford it. My family is 4 states North of me and they don't care much either to be frank.
I am LUCKY she said I could get a tstat and the only reason is because I pestered her with pictures of snake burns. Obviously working with this woman is difficult, especially since she likes to say I never do anything but I care for all of the 27 animals under her roof on top of other daily chores AND a job. It is not to say she doesn't love her animals because she does. She just gets lazy in an attempt to save her money and is not fully educated like she should be.

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