Need Help!!

[sattva]

I want to apologize to Jays reptile... I did intend to hikack your thread but this how we seem to learn...
dannybgoode;1004894

]You're right. I'm not aware of your circumstances. Sometimes though on forums it is necessary to make assumptions and at times raise points that the other person may or may not have thought of.

Yes, and I appreciate constructive criticism and I don't mean to be disrespectful here but I am a 65 year old man and i'll chain an elephant up in my snake room and take care of it if I want to...

I hope by now from my general demeanour you can tell I do not mean offence to anyone but there are times when it is unclear from someone's posts (often across many threads) that makes me feel it worth raising certain potential issues and discussion points.

I can appreciate that!

My point about safe handing was raised because you mentioned you were perfectly comfortable about handling your retic but made no mention of anyone else. Now, there's no particular reason you should necessarily but because it's such a vital issue I thought it best to raise it.

My wife is my back up but honestly! To die by snake strangulation is sounding better then the alternatives; diabetes, heart disease, cancer... ya death by snake maybe a better way to go... So If I'm going to make it look like an accident so she can collect the insurance I can't talk about it... Mums the word...

The same is the case with the rest of my post. As I say it is not clear from what you have put over a number of posts and threads exactly what your abilities, plans, desires, dreams-call them what got will-are so I was simply highlighting some areas you may not have considered. If you have fine but it would not be in the animals interests (or yours) to simply assume that to be the case and to stay silent on some very important issues.

It's cool dude! But like I said, I don't take this responsibility lightly... I researched it for a year before I pulled the trigger... You don't have to worry about the animals interests they have a room devoted to them and I tend to their every need...

As for the viv thing so long as the snake has plenty of hides there is no reason it could not go in its adult viv. There may be some particularly nervous species of snake that this would not apply to but a retic is not one.

I haven't heard that before...Are you absolutely sure? That would save me some money!

As I say I mean absolutely no offence to anyone but we would never learn and never be challenged if we did not debate and discuss the issues pertinent to our hobby.

That's why I got George; I needed a challenge... But i'ts Cool, No offence taken... Now I need to go elephant shopping, we'll talk later...