Question about bioactive house snake setup

[dakski]

Hello I just wanted to update on my new guy first snake that I decided to set up in a bioactive set up. Even though everyone on here told me it was a bad idea I did hours upon hours of research and I can comfortably say that Dusk is not only fine but thriving. When he was shipped to me he caught a respiratory infection but after a trip to the vet and an antibiotic shot he's perfectly healthy now. I've had him for 3 months and he consistently eats every week and has shed in one full piece for me twice and his loving life. So I just want to tell people in the nicest way possible to not get stuck in your ways and just try to shut down people using new methods for their animals if they've done their research. I can respect your guys experience but I would implore you to be open to knew ideas and ways of thinking. Don't just supply the bear minimum. Give them a taste of home if you can both my little man and every plant in the enclosure is growing like a weed. I'm not trying to call anybody out or make anybody feel bad I just want people to be more willing to keep an open mind about our lovely hobby of reptile keeping.

I am happy to hear your snake is doing well (especially after an RI) and that your experience has been good with a bioactive enclosure. Kudos to you for doing the research and making it work. I hope that continues.

I did not post on this thread previously, but want to comment on your point about being oped minded.

Many of the people that ask questions on this forum are having issues with basic care. Many of the people who have been posting here for years and have a lot of experience (including those who did respond to your initial post) have seen way too many occurrences of basic needs not being met, keepers not wanting to listen to good advice, and frankly, horrible things happening to snakes and devastated keeper's because of the points just listed.

I can almost guarantee that the people who posted earlier on this thread had your snake and your experience as a new reptile keeper in mind. Given what was said above and that this forum is excellent at handing out good advice and without putting people down etc. I implore you to spend some time here and give it a second chance. Other sites and places that should be resources tell people what they want to hear. This forum does not generally do that. Also, people tend not to speak out of turn. We speak on what we know.

I ask that (if you choose to spend more time here) you detail what you have done to make your bioactive enclosure successful and the research you have done to facilitate that. It might be of great help to other keepers interested in doing a bioactive setup.

Again, congrats on making it work and keep us posted.