E.Crassus said:
This last comment is aimed at BeckyG: I (. I) do know alot of adult herpers, y(. Y) ou may or may not of heard of Steve Gill, Mark Whitworth, Tanya Stevens and Nigel Gooding, all of whom have a big involvement with corn snakes, t(. T)hese are some of the top breeders in the UK for reptiles and the later (latter) of the four has praised Lozzer on numerous occasions and the 1st 2 and later (latter) have praised myself (me) on my attitude to other keepers and my snake keeping knowledge.
Four counts as a lot? I've never heard of any of those. But I have heard of Rich Z, Kathy Love, Serpwidgets, and Don Soderburg--among many, many others. Are you going to say they make more mistakes than the four unknowns you mentioned? And how does them patting you on the head and saying good boy prove that American herpers make more mistakes than British herpers? That was the statement you made, after all.
E.Crassus said:
Lozzer is right in a way that snakes do get theyre (their) heat from the ground, h (. H)ave you ever seen a floating basking rock that snakes use wen (when)it is cool to absorb heat off, even if it has come from the sun, t(? T)he sidwinder (sidewinder) comes out at night in the deserts (desert) to get heat off the hot sand.
And what do you think HEATS the ground? Maybe the UK is situated over a giganitc geothermal vent, but in the US, it is the SUN that heats the ground, and the basking rocks, the same way a basking lamp heats the substrate in a tank.
E.Crassus said:
To point 2(,) I say that it was not a question of luck rather than using logic, ie: not feeding in the same cage, keeping seperate for at least an hour before returning to same cage after feeding, making sure the cage stays very clean etc.
You are still lucky. Even if all the "correct" conditions are met, things still can go wrong. I've known several herpers who met all the "correct" conditions, and still had one snake eat the other, or their entire collection get a mite infestation, or parasites, etc. That is why most of the people on this forum have answered, "No, never" to the original question.
E.Crassus said:
and to point 3(,) if you would care to visit other reptiles forums and see some of the points American herpers have made, (.)(fragment) (O)one american (American) said that feeding corn snakes every 2 days is right(,) and another said that he keeps his ball python with a corn snake, n(. N)ow tell me that these are right.
Happy new year to all corn snake keepers out there.
I have visited many other forums. Why are you assuming this forum is the only one I've ever been to? Yes, I've seen some American herpers say incorrect things, but I've also seen British herpers say some pretty stupid things, too. You took statements made by TWO individuals and are trying to apply them to every herper in a nation of 300 million individuals. There is a word for that--stereotyping. There are many, many more herpers in America than in the UK, so sure, we make a greater NUMBER of mistakes. However, if you took it on a
per capita basis, there would be just as many mistakes made in the UK as in America.
You will notice I gave you some hints in red. If you are going to try to debate someone, you will sound much more intelligent and knowledgable if you use correct spelling and grammar.
