Not fair really but...

[Feebo]

You know what? Maybe I`m getting old but I`ve had enough of trying to help new keepers. That`s a few times now I`ve had people actually ASKING for help but then totally discarding it because it`s not what they want to hear. They`ve made thier mind up that "a fish tank will do" or "Three male snakes to a viv" is what they want to see and that`s the end of it. All other arguments for helping new keepers aside, I just haven`t got time, I litterally do not have time in my life to waste on these people. Of course I realise that sounds like I`m tarring all newcomers with the same brush. I realise they`re not all like that but still, I`ve had enough. They`ve gone out and bought a snake before they`ve been ARSED to learn a bloody thing about how to keep it alive and they just DON`T WANT TO HEAR "You`re going to need a suitable vivarium" or "You can`t put multiple males in one viv" or "You shouldn`t feed it every other day" and that`s that.
It`s a shame because it`s hard enough for the honest newcomer with all the rubbish on the internet and all the conflicting views that are floating about but I`ve just had it. It just pisses me right off when someone blatantly just doesn`t want to hear anything against what they`ve already made thier minds up about. I WILL put six male Cornsnakes in a fish bowl and that`s that, now tell me something I WANT to hear! Balls to that, I`ve had enough. They can find out for themselves, and when they`ve got a sick snake or a dead snake because they didn`t want to listen to experienced advice? They can get advice on how to deal with RI`s or scale damage from someone else! Time and again this is happening and it`s just annoying me. They can learn the hard way, or at least without my years of experience. Much the same as a petulant teenager wouldn`t benefit from experienced help, people that have made thier minds up based on what THEY want and not what the snake NEEDS, just will never listen. I`ve bloody had it with them. Rant over.