Quote Originally Posted by daniel1983 View Post
So the thing that seperates reptiles from mammals in terms of 'hoarding' is our ability to provide 'adequate' care for a large number of reptiles with little effort compared to providing 'adequate' care for a large number of mammals?

I guess that throws the definition of adequate out there again.

Someone that does not think a rack system is adequate housing could label some keepers as 'hoarders'....

Someone that thinks a person should interact with their reptiles for a given time each day could label some as hoarders....

....I guess it all falls back to perspective of the 'right' way to keep the animals.

Don't hoarders usually REFUSE to let any of their animals go? As in they'd freak at the thought of adopting them out or selling?

Where they have a hard time even thinking about letting 1 animal go, because they think in their minds that they are the best care giver to the animal and no Vet's, societies or other people can take them for even a few hours.

Even to the extreme of not getting rid of DEAD animals?