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05-21-12, 07:02 PM
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The Original Urban Legend
Join Date: Dec-2008
Location: Philadelphia
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Re: What are you ashamed of?
I am most ashamed of inadvertently allowing a snake to drown. My first GTP was a beautiful, semi-tame Merauke. She was impregnated by a male breeder I bought, but she had a problem with hypocalcemic shock due to shelling her eggs too early in the pregnancy. I gave her nightly warm soaks and calcium through an eye dropper, and the vet injected sub-cutaneous calcium and fluids. She was not doing well and was very weak. One night during her soak, I left the room for a few minutes...it was less than five minutes, but it was enough for her to drown. I had never expected that, but I guess she was too weak to keep her head on the rock provided in the soaking tub. I was devastated, and still feel like it's my fault she passed, but I never leave a soaking snake unattended now. 
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05-21-12, 07:29 PM
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Super Genius
Join Date: Nov-2002
Location: Southwestern Ontario
Age: 49
Posts: 6,292
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Re: What are you ashamed of?
Aaron, that is quite the accomplishment.
You should have a dinner in your honour or something...
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05-21-12, 07:38 PM
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Super Genius
Join Date: Nov-2002
Location: Southwestern Ontario
Age: 49
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Re: What are you ashamed of?
I`m not bickering, I`m commenting on Aarons accomplishment.
Bravo to him!
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05-21-12, 07:45 PM
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Forum Moderator
Join Date: Nov-2002
Location: Toronto
Age: 39
Posts: 16,977
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Re: What are you ashamed of?
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Originally Posted by millertime89
congratulations, I wasn't allowed to have the animals I enjoy 10 years ago.
Lets not, stay tuned for the PMs from mykee.
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I couldn't have any animals when I first really started asking (age 3). At 11 years of age I took it in my own hands and with my parents agreeing that I must do ALL my own research I took to the library (ZOMG BOOKS!!!) as well as the internet. Fortunately, I had google and other search engines to continually sift through information to find out more. I read cover to cover reptile magazines when I could get them. They were in pieces when I was done. I read them thoroughly for a very long time.
Moral of this is that you don't need to own an animal to learn all you can about them and quickly rush to a forum to get all the information fed to you.
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05-21-12, 07:45 PM
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Member
Join Date: Apr-2012
Location: Alabama
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Re: What are you ashamed of?
Don't you just hate it when you check back into SSnakess.com, and you're looking at the list of unread threads, and you see one and you're like "Huh, that one really took off since this afternoon. I wonder what information I could glean in the recent 2-3 pages I've missed"....only to find out that 90% of what you've missed is pointless internet bickering?
I hate that feeling.
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05-21-12, 07:46 PM
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Forum Moderator
Join Date: Nov-2002
Location: Toronto
Age: 39
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Re: What are you ashamed of?
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Originally Posted by mykee
Aaron, that is quite the accomplishment.
You should have a dinner in your honour or something...
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Wayne, are you reading this? Talk to Jason. I should get a dinner! Very exclusive guest list. You'd be number one with Dorothy 
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05-21-12, 07:47 PM
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Forum Moderator
Join Date: Nov-2002
Location: Toronto
Age: 39
Posts: 16,977
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Re: What are you ashamed of?
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Originally Posted by StudentoReptile
Don't you just hate it when you check back into SSnakess.com, and you're looking at the list of unread threads, and you see one and you're like "Huh, that one really took off since this afternoon. I wonder what information I could glean in the recent 2-3 pages I've missed"....only to find out that 90% of what you've missed is pointless internet bickering?
I hate that feeling.
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Whoa!!! Welcome to the NEW ssnakess.com
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05-21-12, 07:55 PM
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Member
Join Date: Apr-2012
Location: Alabama
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Re: What are you ashamed of?
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Originally Posted by Aaron_S
Whoa!!! Welcome to the NEW ssnakess.com |
More like welcome to the internet, right?! 
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05-21-12, 07:59 PM
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Member
Join Date: Aug-2011
Location: Vancouver
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Re: What are you ashamed of?
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Originally Posted by StudentoReptile
More like welcome to the internet, right?! |
The internet, a place where length of forum membership > anything else 
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05-21-12, 08:01 PM
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Forum Moderator
Join Date: Nov-2002
Location: Toronto
Age: 39
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Re: What are you ashamed of?
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Originally Posted by BigTimer
The internet, a place where length of forum membership > anything else |
The sad part about this is that I still give out VERY useful information and not just about one species.
The only thing I ever really get is "say it nicer". Nothing about the information given.
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05-21-12, 08:02 PM
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Super Genius
Join Date: Nov-2002
Location: Southwestern Ontario
Age: 49
Posts: 6,292
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Re: What are you ashamed of?
Yup. I`ll add that Aaaron signed up as a member her only 17 days before me, so I am firmly in the number two spot. Do I at least get a cookie
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05-21-12, 08:02 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: May-2008
Location: Central New York State
Age: 60
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Re: What are you ashamed of?
OK, obviously shaving off the fight has solved nothing...
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