Lennycorn said:
Well, She right, but you can't take it to heart.
I see that you own a dog and frogs and have a fresh water aquarium. So if I was a "silly" question about frogs you might give me the same responce.
Just do a little research and you'll be fine.
Here is a jump start to help. Good Luck :cheers:
Actually, Lenny, I would never respond in such a way to a question from a newby. I have 15 years experience in freshwater aquariums, including 3 years experience in the retail sector, and am a member of several larger fish boards. I speak with people new to aquariums all the time, and while I don't consider myself an expert by any means, I do have the skills to help people who are new to the hobby succeed as aquarists.
I would approach any and all newby questions as just that- questions that were asked. The only stupid question if the one you didn't ask. By jumping down someone's throat when they ask a question that seems (to you) to be entirely too basic, you are discouraging them from coming back to your forum, or indeed, from asking any questions in the future. This is also a topic near and dear to my heart because I am also a high school teacher. The minute I chose to embarass my students by making them seem like an imbescile for even asking such a "lowly" question is the minute where I lose them for the rest of the year. It's not good practice.
So if you ever have a question to ask me about any of my pets- fish, birds, frogs and small mammals- rest assured that you will recieve a polite and respectful answer from me, without insults.
I actually read the majority of the posts you provided several weeks ago. They were part of another posting where the person was preparing to get a new snake. I have found a lot of helpful information here to augment the information I have gained by reading books in the past few months. The drinking question was just pure and simple curiosity. I have never seen a snake drink. There are many methods used by animals to obtain water, including soaking, lapping, licking from leaves/walls, moving water, dripping water, etc. While I knew, of course, that snakes need water, I did not know which particular method they employ to get said water. Hence the, apparently, stupid question.
Fortunately, I am not a 14 year old kid who is easily intimidated, nor am I someone who respects of condones rude behavior towards folks new to the hobby. My breeder highly reccomends this website, and while I have seen a few responses that raised my eyebrows, I will continue to read this forum so long as their is information to be gained from it.
I hope that various interested parties (breeders and buyers, both) have gained information from this post that will be useful to them. The situation has been resolved brilliantly, as Susan is an excellent breeder, and I feel a lot better about my situation now. I believe this thread has served its purpose, so this will be my last post here.
Many thanks to Kathy, Joe, Homer, Lenny, Desert and everyone else who contributed useful information to this post, and, most especially, to Susan. I will see you guys around the board as I take my first steps into Corn ownership.
And Lenny... seriously, if you ever have questions about fish or frogs, you know who to PM.
