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Can’t wait until I can get one of these…

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Is it just me, or are monitor (the lizards) owners pretentious assholes? I recently got a savannah monitor, and had a question about taming them down, and how fast you can expect this to happen in young animals, so I went to varanus.nl and varanus.net, two forums for exactly that.

I post my situation/question, and the responses I get all make me feel like I’m a fucking moron and shouldn’t own an animal, much less a monitor. I neglected to mention my animal is captive bred, and one poster responded assuming it was wild caught. I corrected them, but they came back with “you’re obviously wrong, it’s clearly wild caught.”

*sarcasm*

Oh yeah I forgot, NOBODY breeds savannah monitors, and everything in wild caught. And I totally didn’t buy it from a reputable dealer who obtained the animal from a reputable BREEDER in Ontario. Oh yeah I forgot about that, and the fact that I’m completely clueless and this person knows everything.

*sarcasm off*

Okay maybe the animals you buy are wild caught because you don’t know how to ask, or don’t deal with reputable people, but if it was wild caught or captive hatched I would’ve continued my search, as there are captive bred animals available.

Another poster suggested i give a basking temperature of 135-150F…um…now, I’m no expert, but damn that’s hot. They also suggested I close things up so the heat doesn’t escape. Oh, and to also have a cool side of 75F. Now if I try to accomplish all that, something will not work. Even if I wanted to hit 150F on the basking spot, which I don’t, the cool side would be waaaay fucking hotter than 75F. I’m sorry. Maybe you are thinking of the large enclosures you keep adults in, but my little baby guy is not in a 4′x8′ enclosure. I can’t have that large of a temperature gradient. Maybe they just don’t understand physics/chemistry that well.

Another poster made the suggestion that if I want a nice calm lizard, get a bearded dragon. Okay I realize monitors are harder to tame down, but I’ve personally seen and interacted with tame/docile individuals. I agree that even though they are tame now, doesn’t mean it won’t change, but really! I didn’t say I wanted my animal to tame down to the point where it plays dead, I just don’t want it to fucking lunge, huff, hiss, and tail whip anytime I walk by it’s enclosure.

One poster said “Give him back his uv, thats not whats making him aggressive.” Okay. Fine. Please give me some fucking reference. I’ve got half the world saying they need UVB, the other half says it’s doesn’t matter. Where is your justification for your statement, you dumb fuck.

The person who suggested the 150F basking ended their post with this:

Once that message has sunken in (and I’m not only talking about the lizard), it will be able to have a far better attitude.

If you can’t manage that, give the animal to someone who can.

Wow. Thanks for making me feel welcome on the forums. I hope you deal with people in real life better than you do on the internet. If you treat everybody as though they are a complete fool, you won’t go far, and you’ll just be sitting at home with your monitors all day long, with no friends.

Have fun you fucks, you can have your forum.

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Jinx, the Solomon Island Ground Boa

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Clamps, the Emperor Scorpion

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My Kenyan Sand Boa was found by my roommate! Awesome!

I’m so happy

Here he is

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Posted by darkhelmet under Life & Reptiles | 1 Comment »

How about no?

Argh. I was going to rant but I really don’t feel like finding facts to back up my arguments at the moment, so I’m just going to say they are stupid.

Sign this if you’re not ignorant.

ATVIIR: CATAL

EDIT: In reference to the first comment.

I don’t feel so.

They want to ban things because a few people get bit, or a few animals get turned over the SPCA because they don’t know what they are doing. These people pushing for the ban don’t seem to realize that more damage can be done by a good sized dog, than something like a ball python, or a TURTLE. Seriously.

As with any pet, the buyer should know what they are doing, and I think it should be in the sellers best interest to ensure that as well. Banning everything because it’s ‘bad’ or could hurt you is not the answer. Education is.

As for people buying animals such as chameleons, iguanas, boas, and carpet pythons that don’t understand the husbandry, size, or commitment requirements, it comes back to education. I can’t comprehend why you would up and buy any animal without having ANY prior knowledge about it. Some dog owners spend months researching different breeds to get exactly what they want. Even if the education comes the day you buy your animal from the breeder or store clerk, it’s education nonetheless (provided the person doing the educating is giving valid information).

I think it might also stem from people thinking reptiles are disposable, since they live in a box, basically, and the individual animal can be fairly inexpensive. If you buy a quality dog, it will run you over $1000 easily, but even a quality healthy young ball python can only cost as little as $80. Bearded dragons are even cheaper.

As for this from the above page:

Exotic pets: love ‘em or hate ‘em

How the hell did this guy get a Siberian Tiger? How did the other guy get a Bengal Tiger? A fucking TIGER is a tad different than a boa constrictor. As for the other guy with the cobra, maybe some things should be banned, as in Alberta, such as essentially anything venomous, but to up and ban EVERYTHING is really pushing the Overreact button a bit too quick in my mind.

Maybe I shouldn’t have said “sign if you aren’t ignorant”, but “sign if you don’t want a few (possibly stupid) people’s mistakes to ruin it for everybody”.

A few people ruining things for everybody seems to be a trend.

Posted by darkhelmet under Intraweb & Life & Reptiles | 2 Comments »

Well I feel like total shit.

My Kenyan Sand Boa escaped. He’s only 6 inches long. My room is a utopia of hiding spots for a snake like that. The air vents are along the wall and they are warm. The people downstairs have a cat.

I feel so neglectful. I feel like shit.

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