Need to vent....

[Sunnieskys]

But the original post was about new owners underfeeding snakes and how bad they are for doing so and/or how bad the breeders are for telling the new owners to underfeed. My post was pointing out that often what the new owner 'hears' or 'remembers" is totally different from what they're told. I get it all the time from people in various fields. You can say outright "You have to push the red button twice" and they'll push the blue button once and say "I did exactly what you told me to!"

No I explicitly said this is NOT about new snake owners! They were given wrong information from the breeder to feed smaller size than what the snake should normally be on. I also have new snake owners that come to me and when I ask, how much does your snake weigh at the time of purchase, they don't know because the breeder/seller didn't give that info. Or was the snake fed on live or frozen? They didn't tell me. How big were they feeding at the time of sale? Don't know. Pick up the phone right now and get that info. You have to know. And while owners should know....it's always on a seller to give out this info. It's just good business practice. It's a no brainier. And yes, I distinguish between reputable breeders over just sellers that people are buying snakes from in my area.