....I have heard of all sorts of things happening to captives.....it all boils down to keeping experience and the keeper's 'focus'...Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
...I know someone who slid the glass over on an enclosure and killed a snake by not paying attention. Broke it's neck. THE KEEPER SHOULD HAVE PAID MORE ATTENTION.
...I know of people having their lizards CHEWED to nothing by feeding too many crickets. THE KEEPER SHOULD HAVE KNOW HOW DANGEROUS CRICKETS CAN BE.
...I know of people making beaf jerky out of baby snakes for not knowing that a 150w heat lamp does not belong on a 10 gallon tank with screen top. THE KEEPER SHOULD HAVE EDUCATED THEMSELVES MORE BEFORE GETTING THE ANIMAL.
...I know of breeders who have killed male snakes from breeding them without regard for their lives. THE KEEPER SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE STRESS THAT PUTS ON THE ANIMAL.
On this very thread, a person said they bought a ball python one day, fed it the next and it got injured. THE KEEPER SHOULD HAVE KNOW TO LET THE BALL PYTHON SETTLE IN INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CRAM FOOD DOWN ITS FACE LESS THAN 24 HR. AFTER BRINGING IT HOME.
Mistakes happen. A keeper that blames the rodents or the snakes or the light bulb or the enclosure.......THAT PERSON IS A UNEXPERIENCED KEEPER. An experienced keeper knows when to accept responsibility for killing/harming an animal.
I have killed reptiles before. It happens when mistakes happen. I learned from those mistakes, I regret some every day when I look at my animals....and those mistakes will never occur again for the rest of my reptile keeping days.
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