Stupid BP Owner

[KingWheatley]

Okay, so you didn't know the dog was in the house. I personally know how rambunctious and unpredictable puppies are I have 3 dogs, two off them are under the age of 2. That doesn't excuse the fact that your snake could have been seriously injured.
You need to make sure your snake is safe at all times. Whenever Karma is out, the door is shut sometimes locked, and all tight spaces are closed away and all other animals are on the other side of the door. Honestly, the bottom line is I don't think you're responsible enough for a snake. If you wanted a pet that you could hold and play with all the time and not get stressed and all that, maybe some type of rodent would have been better. Not that I would want any kind of animal going through what Wheatley is...

And on top of that, there are people here trying to help you and it seems like all you want to do is justify your actions and tell everyone what your opinion is. Oh well. I've seen it happen, owners think they're right all the time and then when the animal gets hurt they start trying to take advice when they should have been doing that in the first place.

So... Let me get this straight.

You don't think I'm responsible enough to own a snake... Because an accident (and the first of such) nearly happened which I owned up for my own lapse of observation and assumption that my roommate does what he ALWAYS does (which is put the dog in the backyard when he leaves for work)....

Hm.... Something tells me you have your heart in the right place, but you are making some terrible quick assumptions about this. First off, Wheatley is healthy, "happy" in every other regard except for this event. I say happy in quotes, because happy for a snake is more like content, I suppose. He eats fine. Sheds fine. Poops fine. Isn't sick. Isn't overly tense. Doesn't cower away from me.

I have every right to my opinion as much as anyone else is. If someone wants to share theirs, they are more than welcome to. But that doesn't mean I have to roll over and accept their opinion. Same as yours. Works both ways, sweetheart.

And I justify that snakes have emotions and I do argue this quite fiercely, because it was misunderstood. Snakes have moods like any other animal. Thusly, emotion does have a play in a Snake's brain. Yes, it's not as complex as "love" and "hate," actual "happiness" and "sadness." And that was the beginning of the argument that has happened across my many threads. Much else has been said, where the particular users who have offered their opinion/information/advise that I have completely shut out because of their previous interaction with me.