I think you may be missing the point that herp related questions are restricted from chat, not simply talking about herps.

The reasons for this make sense if you take a moment to think about it.

1) Archive - chat only archives 2 days. You ask a quesiton, you get a wonderful response...and that response and all the learning that can come from it for many people is gone in 2 days. That's a waste of valuable resources the whole community can share in.

2) Good vs bad advice - You come into chat, you ask a husbandry related question, maybe it's a very important one. You get an answer from some name in some chat room, not a lot of responses from a wide group of our members so that you can gather that group wisdom as it should be and always has been here.

3) Impact on the BPNet - If questions are continually asked and answered in chat it will eventually affect our thread postings. That will impact this community you care about and it will not likely be a good thing.

Enjoy chat for what it is folks, a place to chat. We haven't put many rules at all on the chat other than this and family friendly content.