To the People of sSnakeSs

[clint545]

Quite honestly, I didn't think age is a big issue. Speaking for myself, the last thing that concerns me is checking someone's profile for their age. I'm here to discuss things and such - to gather and give facts and meet new people along the way.
IMO if you talk **** , you're going to be treated like ****.

Take care Rikki, I hope you find whatever it is you're looking for.

[mykee]

I guess one way to avoid the New Years' Day hangover is to stay drunk... Good for you Rikki!

[Matt_K]

Originally posted by mykee
I guess one way to avoid the New Years' Day hangover is to stay drunk... Good for you Rikki!

LOL

[CamHanna]

I guess one way to avoid the New Years' Day hangover is to stay drunk... Good for you Rikki!

LMAO

Oh... but then there's the age thing.

[clint545]

Partying
Everyday
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Alcoholics

Sorry couldn't resist

[Slannesh]

Promoting underage drinking. You're going to hell for that one Mykee

[marisa]

HAHAHA That's terrible.

Frankly it seems the only one with a problem is you Rikki. Seems everyone else replying is also tired of your lies and posts that are nothing but more dodging this and that.

And why would we remove this? Members aren't allowed to attack other members, but members are most certaintly allowed to make themselves look bad. No rule against that!

Marisa

[Linds]

Originally posted by Matt_K
Was it because your Signature had a link to PETA and I asked if you supported them and believed in what they believe???

I was going to comment on the PETA issue as well, but I wasn't sure if I was remembering correctly. ANYONE that supports PETA has to expect to have some sort of fire on any site that promotes the captive keeping of animals, since PETA is strongly against it.

[peterm15]

ya i signed up for a peta thing once... i read the first letter and quickly added it to junk mail... animal rights is a great thing... but ppl also have the right to enjoy animals... outside of tv

[Matt_K]

When the whole PETA issue was brought up, I emailed them to see if I would get the quick response that Rikki got, well, as I had thought, I didn't.. It was only a couple days ago that they finally got back to me.. Interesting considering Rikki got a reply within about 5 minutes.. Anyway, here's the letter they sent me when I asked for their outlook on the keeping of reptiles as pets..

Dear Matt,

Thank you for contacting PETA about keeping reptiles as pets.

We discourage people from choosing reptiles as animal companions. As exotic animals, they require an environment that humans simply cannot provide. They are best adapted to life in the wild and are ill-equipped to spend their often-lengthy lives in confinement.

Keeping captive reptiles such as snakes is not only cruel to the snakes themselves but also to the animals who become their prey. In the wild, animals at least have the chance to escape a hunting snake, and if they are caught, their ordeal is soon over. But animals condemned to be eaten alive by captive snakes have to wait, sometimes for days, sharing a cage with a terrifying predator, until the snake finally becomes hungry enough to end the “prey” animal’s misery. Animals who are fed to snakes suffer horror and fear and have no chance of escape. PETA strongly encourages anyone who is presently keeping a snake to contact a herpetologist about the possibility of releasing that snake at a suitable time and place. These animals are very poorly suited to domestication.

If you do choose to keep a reptile as a pet, be prepared to make a long commitment of time, space, and money. You’ll need to provide the right temperature and humidity and specific light/dark cycles that may not coincide with your own or be convenient to you. Backup power is necessary to keep a constant temperature in the event of a power failure. It is a harsh fact that most reptiles are carnivores—do you really want your freezer full of dead animals? In all, costs for food, an enclosure, lighting, and vet bills can total hundreds of dollars per year.

Purchasing a reptile caught in his or her natural habitat encourages the removal of wildlife from delicate ecosystems. Buying captive-bred animals only encourages breeders to replenish their stock. If you must have a reptile as a companion animal, please consider adopting one from a local shelter or rescue group. For more information on the subject, please see our factsheet at http://www.helpinganimals.com/Factsh...play.asp?ID=9.

Thanks again for writing to PETA. I hope that you find this information helpful.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Collins
PETA Correspondent

-Matt

[mykee]

...and all dogs should also be released into the wild as they are meant to eat raw meat; rats, dingos, mammoth and groundhog. Being domesticated, they are fed from a bag, or a can, or a box. Stop their suffering, allow them to live in the jungles and forests and savannahs where they can hunt for their own food and mate under the full moon. Bad, bad people thinking that they could "imprison" poor Canis Familairis. Tsk tsk tsk.

Slannesh; I signed that Contract years ago, I'm just having fun with it now.

[marisa]

Wow that letter is just full to the brim with facts they have obviously spent long house researching.

LMAO I like these parts best

" It is a harsh fact that most reptiles are carnivores—do you really want your freezer full of dead animals?"

Well as long as they don't take up too much room, I like keeping my burgers in there too.

"Animals who are fed to snakes suffer horror and fear and have no chance of escape"

Holy crap! Why didn't you guys tell me we could talk to rodents now? Thanks alot. I have been sitting here for hours wondering if my rats have anything to say about their new water bottles.

Marisa

[jglass38]

f'n PETA. Gotta hate em. Dont eat meat, dont wear fur, dont keep animals that they dont think are suitable. Does PETA require its members to learn how to goose step?

Jamie

[latazyo]

hmmm...that peta letter is surprisingly "polite" although they do have some rediculous things in there, like leaving the prey in with the snake until it gets hungry

anyways...the site is generally unaccepting of new members because they ask the same questions and members get sick of answering, even though that's the purpose of the website

this, however is not a problem particular to ssnakess.com, it is to all message boards, but ssnakess.com is definitely not immune from that problem

the problem with age is that 14 year olds constantly come on this site thinking they're gonna open up a reptile rescue and zoo and everyone that is older realizes that is a ridiculous idea

[BoidsUnlimited]

Honesty is the best policy......