Mostly it's feeding advice. Because I couldn't help but be amused by him being scared of his mouse. And of course "he he he, Anthony is scared of his mouse" means I'm having huge feeding troubles and need to be told everything about how to feed a snake. I mean she told me to make sure his mouse was all thawed and not still frozen. DUR! I'm going to feed my snake that hunts in the wild with heat-sensing organs on a still frozen mouse! Dur, I is stupid! Grrrr.
This gal also told me that I MUST have two hides (I do have two hides now, because I want to make sure he's happy, but I really don't think you /need/ two hides, it's just nicer for the snake) and that I needed to get rid of the thermometers and hydrometer I've got and get some particular brand that's supposed to be so much better, because paper thermometers are totally unreliable. (Bunk. They're perfectly reliable, so long as you don't do something to damage them.) She also felt the need to tell me what the correct temperatures are.
Oh, and she offered to answer any questions I might have, which I suppose was meant in a nice way, but it SO sounded condescending. ARGH. I NEVER said ANYTHING about not knowing what I was doing! I didn't even say, this time, that he was my first snake, for all this gal knows I could have owned hundreds before this! *rolls eyes*
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Date: 2007-08-14 07:50 am (UTC)This gal also told me that I MUST have two hides (I do have two hides now, because I want to make sure he's happy, but I really don't think you /need/ two hides, it's just nicer for the snake) and that I needed to get rid of the thermometers and hydrometer I've got and get some particular brand that's supposed to be so much better, because paper thermometers are totally unreliable. (Bunk. They're perfectly reliable, so long as you don't do something to damage them.) She also felt the need to tell me what the correct temperatures are.
Oh, and she offered to answer any questions I might have, which I suppose was meant in a nice way, but it SO sounded condescending. ARGH. I NEVER said ANYTHING about not knowing what I was doing! I didn't even say, this time, that he was my first snake, for all this gal knows I could have owned hundreds before this! *rolls eyes*