Quote Originally Posted by JoshSloane View Post
Wow. This is completely unnecessary. Anti-reptile people just wait for any kind of fodder they can use to justify outlawing snakes. We don't need to give them anymore ammo. Combined with people's inability to grasp sarcasm, and this is a deadly mixture. If this hobby is going to be taken seriously by the general public, we all need to avoid rhetoric like this. We want to be seen as competent and professional exotic animal keepers, not psychos that feed cute baby animals to vicious killer pythons. What I have found when educating about reptiles is that you cant use sarcasm, innuendos, or basically anything other than direct talk. People make assumptions and hear what they want to. To be respected as a hobby by the public, we must be the first to respect the animals and how we speak about them. Pitbull owners have the same issue with people generally misunderstanding the breed. But you don't hear them sarcastically speaking off the cuff about how their pit killed a kid, or only eats cats. Be smart and don't detract from the hard work that others put into pushing our hobby forward.
You have some well thought and intelligent ideas here. Refreshing when someone has a hard time with another poster and does not verbally attack tham and call them names. I can't take those people seriously.

On another note I posted this on Craigslist as well and a lot of people thought it was great:



TURTLE: To Good Home. Eats Pizza only. (Sewer)



He can be a handful, but I have this turtle who's about 35 years old. He lost his job after he could no longer pass as a teenager.

Taking offers (rehoming fee)