Quote Originally Posted by Ophiuchus View Post
Its a hobby, not a science.
I would argue that our hobby and science can be one in the same. Science does not mean what many think it means. Science is first, hypothesizing a theory (snakes need two identical hides). Second, testing that theory (providing different hides). Third, measuring the results (is the snake still eating/shedding). Finally, if your theory is right you can test to see if there are any other variables that influenced the results (one of the different hides was too small/big). Also, if your theory is wrong you could try to replicate the 'experiment' with other snakes and see what you get.

The key to remember is that even scientific theory is rarely 'done'. There is always other things that can be done to alter the experiment thus altering the results.

I am not currently interested in breeding snakes. To keep me interested in the hobby I would have to have a lot of money to keep buying/housing more and more snakes. For this reason, I choose to experiment with the ones I already have. That is how I define my hobby. I think it is cool and perhaps some day I will give breeding a try (I would like the challenge of breeding green tree pythons).

Jimmy