Reptiblr

[Kaatje]

Has anyone noticed that "reptiblr" (the reptile section of tumblr) is uh... Horrible?

[Lizardlicks]

That's because it's tumblr (says the person who's on tumblr every day, oops, shhh...)

But eeeh yeah, it's full of a lot of young people who are overburdened with a great deal of passion, but haven't yet had the life experience to temper in with some chill and common sense. Post cute pics, keep to your corner, block the more volatile people to keep them from showing up on your dash if they stress you out and take a break if you need a breather.

(I will say it tends to be a lot more stable and easy going that most of the reptile facebook groups I've encountered which is just sad, considering. )

[redshepherd]

Tumblr itself has various *groups* full of angry youthful special snowflakes who enjoy online bullying while using *education/justice* as their excuse, not even just in the reptiblr section. :s But yeah, have you seen some of the reptile facebook groups (not naming specifics)? It's more or less the same, except with those from the previous generation. LOL

I just post my snake/dog photos there and make no further comments with the post!

[cristacake]

yeah, it's full of a lot of young people who are overburdened with a great deal of passion, but haven't yet had the life experience to temper in with some chill and common sense.

^^^ couldn't agree more

[Kaatje]

It's absolutely chaotic in there! I've had a normal tumblr for years, but I decided I wanted to start one solely dedicated to my BP's thinking it would be a fun way to connect with people without trying to sell them snakes; just swap cute pictures. I didn't realize that reptiblr was an army of reptile warriors who are determined to bring to ruin anyone being "irresponsible." I've never seen the word "arboreal" so overused...

[redshepherd]

That "arboreal" reminds me, not only are they an army of reptile warriors... Some even provide INCORRECT info, and unfortunately have a ton of followers, so all their followers listen to them. I had a reblog once with someone arguing with me that ball pythons can climb (which is fine, to an extent... they "can" climb), then a reblog of that reblog stating: "Thank you, now I know more! I'm going to get a 5 foot tall terrarium for my ball python, so he has a lot of space to climb! Can't wait!"

... I just gave up there. LOL

[Kaatje]

That's absolutely what I'm talking about lol. There's this big debate going on right now about "semi arboreal" ball pythons. It's whatever. If you want to put sticks in there for your snake to sit on, that's great. But one of those giant snake blogs is basically going around telling people that ball pythons NEED to climb, and how DARE anyone say they might get hurt from climbing. It's just crazy. I'm considering just deleting my blog for fear I might lose my mind and join the arguing chaos. I just want to know where these kids get their information. They're quick to condemn anyone for "putting the ball python in danger," but apparently that doesn't include falling from the top of a 5 foot enclosure. They're literally re-blogging posts about ball pythons falling and saying "see! They're resilient!" It's just weird.

[redshepherd]

Oh god haha... maybe it's the same person who talked to me.

Let's just sit and watch them rave, and post cute pics. :s What tumblr should be for! The way discussions/reblogs work is so weird and inconvenient anyway.

[Kaatje]

Oh god haha... maybe it's the same person who talked to me.

Let's just sit and watch them rave, and post cute pics. :s What tumblr should be for! The way discussions/reblogs work is so weird and inconvenient anyway.

baha. I only went there for the snakes in hats! I'm just feeling very attacked right now *cries*

[Lizardlicks]

Pfft I'll be their huckleberry if you want to link the post. Could be a troll just causing trouble if they're being argumentative and talking about 5 foot high enclosures.

Again, kids on tumblr are full of a lot of good intentions and not enough life experience to have better judgement. I have tubs that are about a foot high- just about double that of standard rack tubs- specifically so I can have some thick, sturdy branches for my snakes to climb on if they so choose. I also have a deep aspen bed for burrowing, if they so choose. Guess what? One of my snakes likes climbing, and one completely ignores the branches to burrow! Some snakes enjoy using their environment and I give them the option because I am a believer in giving captive animal enrichment, but 5 feet is, well, extreme to put it mildly.