Quote Originally Posted by craigafrechette View Post
Maybe it's time to pump the brakes a little. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I just looked back at your profile quick. You showed us your 2 new snakes about 9 weeks ago when you first joined the forum. Since then, there have been 40 threads, some of which were newbie questions and you even thanked the forum for our help with your beginner questions.
Now, I may be off here, but in this time you've added 4 other snakes, 1 which was brought back and swapped out very quickly as well as a chameleon that passed away. That's almost a new animal per week.

How are you quarantining these animals? Basically, they should ALL be in separate rooms still. None have been in your possession long enough to go through a proper quarantine process.

Also, if you're already forgetting who ate when and asking if a snake that's been with you 2 days and ate yesterday is ok to handle it's probably time to pump the brakes. Learn how to care for 1 animal properly before bringing 6 home.

These aren't trendy beanie babies or Pokemon that you collect, these are living animals.

Look, I'm sure you care for your animals deeply. I can see you got bit hard by the snake keeping bug. I get it. But seriously, the animals health and well being should be top priority. And judging by the continued newbie questions you're still asking, maybe just slow down so your current animals can thrive. LEARN your animals and appreciate the ones you have before you overshoot and are in over your head or lose instrest. I've seen it happen too often in this hobby and the animals suffer and collections are unloaded.

Just a thought, and certainly not a dig on you personally. Please know the animals are my main concern and I want you to be able to enjoy your animals.
Just for clarification, I am a noob as far as BPs and Retics. I am not new to herps in general. It has been 30 years from the time I had one as a child. My dad kept my corn snakes and king snake when I went into the military. He would not let me have them back after I spent 3 years in Germany and did not want to ship them overseas. Did not have all the guidelines to go by back then. Temp control and humidity has come a long way the past few years as education and technology comes along. This is not a fad to me. I love all my animals and have made a lifelong commitment to raising them. I think it is great to advance in our understanding to provide better care for them in general. The days if providing just a heat lamp and tossing them food weekly/monthly/etc... has been traded for proper care. I did make a mistake about her feeding this week. I feed everyone else on Sundays. I implemented a feeding card on all the animals and should be easier to keep track from here.