No insult was hurled at you. You asked.Originally Posted by jdax
I am perfectly willing to make changes. When I first started out keeping reptiles, I had a lot of problematic husbandry issues, and after receiving advice on other herp forums / message boards / sub reddits, I made a lot of significant changes and improvements. She is no longer on incredibly awful aspen, she is no longer in a glass aquarium, she is no longer eating prey that is too small for her / prey that is not nutritious (mice). I got rid of inaccurate and unsafe stick on analogue thermometers / hygrometers and got more accurate and more safe ones. Moving her from an aquarium to half of a T8 was the advice of multiple people on multiple other forums full of people who keep many BP's as well as other snakes. I was willing to make modifications to my glass tank while waiting for my AP cage. These modifications were not aesthetically pleasing (saran wrap over the lid / foam board over the sides) but I did them anyways because I prioritize the health and safety of my pets.
If you want to hurl insults at me, demean me, and act with hostility towards me because I made informed choices that differ from your opinion, I guess that speaks to the kind of person you are. Since you are a super moderator, I guess that speaks to the character of these forums. I was warned that this forum was full of misguided and ill-informed herpers, but I was hoping for a fifth opinion on what is going on. The other people were correct about this forum. Anyone who thinks that aspen is a viable choice for a substrate for a ball python is not someone I want to assist me. To keep aspen mold free, it would need to be changed at least 3 times a week. I am not going to be stressing my BP out and messing with her 3 times a week. It is not that I am lazy and don't want to clean her enclosure. I check the water and look for waste every day. It is that aspen is a poor choice for a high humidity snake. It might be perfectly fine for corn snakes or other snakes that do not have high humidity needs, but for BP's it is sub-optimal. I do not see how putting my BP onto sub-optimal substrate, and then bothering her three times a week to change it would actually help her get eating.
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