Quote Originally Posted by Inknsteel View Post
I agree with the sentiment of your post, but I guess I'm not as quick to start name calling. This snake owner very well may be uneducated rather than being "an idiot". We don't know this person, so we really aren't qualified to judge. That would be the equivalent of me calling you an idiot for telling this individual to stop feeding during shed. I would rather believe you are simply uneducated until proven otherwise.

Some snakes will eat through shed, some will not. There is absolutely nothing wrong with continuing to offer prey to your snake during a shed cycle, provided you do it responsibly. If you offer f/t, there is absolutely no harm in offering during shed. The most you risk is having to toss a dead rodent into the trash. If offering live, it is perfectly acceptable to offer during shed, one prey item at a time, and if the snake doesn't show interest and eat within 15 minutes, remove the prey item and try again after shed.

I was reading over the comments on this video and see that a few of our members have left him comments, but didn't bother to give him a link to this site in order to educate himself. Maybe I'll go post a comment on his video to educate rather than flame...
Read the comment again. Maybe you didn't catch it. But, you just repeated what I said. He needs some smarts so go give him the link. I might've jumped the gun by calling him an idiot. But, you don't show off your ignorance with a video on YouTube. I've seen enough videos on YouTube of snakes feeding. He's right up there with the guys that shoot fireworks at one another on the videos and wonder why they're blind when a Roman Candle his buddy aims at his face fries his eyes. This one's worse, because that innocent python is going to be the one to suffer.

It's only a matter of time before the odds catch up to his ignorance. If you don't want me calling him an idiot, then I'll just call him an ignorant individual. He is at fault for not educating himself on proper husbandry before getting the reptile. Don't tell me he didn't have access to it. He can obviously post another video of his snake eating on YouTube. Why can't he google ball python care?

Maybe if he spent more time educating himself than posting his retarded videos, he'd be better off.

How about those cheerleaders that jumped that poor girl and posted the video and now wonder why they're in juvi instead of at cheering practice? I think I'll go post my thoughts on that in the Off-Topic Cafe instead of hijacking. lol

But please do give him the link. I think he could use all of our help.