Mentors are those with experience or knowledge, who offer their help to those who are new, or inexperienced.
In a way, Fauna itself is a mentoring process, because those new to the hobby can ask and have answered their questions here on the forums.
A true mentor relationship is somewhat more personal, however, approaching an offer of friendship from one person to another.
I am absolutely convinced that the reptile world would become stronger and better if more of the 'good guys' took one or two novice reptile keepers 'under their wing' and gave them access to information and experience in a friendly way (and indeed many of them do that.)
There are people who have become forum sponsors and looking at them, they have fulfilled the mentor function by beginning and responding to threads in their particular forum. There are others who are naturally friendly and who try to help all in need of info or assistance.
But, I also see many lurkers here, lurkers with experience and knowledge.
Experienced lurkers: If you can, put aside your shyness, reach out and give a hand up to our new arrivals. There are over 1,000 visitors a day to this site, if each of us helped someone; and when ready, each of our mentees went on to help someone in turn, we could indeed pave the way to a more universal knowledge and understanding of reptiles and with that, perhaps a warmer welcome in the non reptile community...
Are y'all willing to try that?
In a way, Fauna itself is a mentoring process, because those new to the hobby can ask and have answered their questions here on the forums.
A true mentor relationship is somewhat more personal, however, approaching an offer of friendship from one person to another.
I am absolutely convinced that the reptile world would become stronger and better if more of the 'good guys' took one or two novice reptile keepers 'under their wing' and gave them access to information and experience in a friendly way (and indeed many of them do that.)
There are people who have become forum sponsors and looking at them, they have fulfilled the mentor function by beginning and responding to threads in their particular forum. There are others who are naturally friendly and who try to help all in need of info or assistance.
But, I also see many lurkers here, lurkers with experience and knowledge.
Experienced lurkers: If you can, put aside your shyness, reach out and give a hand up to our new arrivals. There are over 1,000 visitors a day to this site, if each of us helped someone; and when ready, each of our mentees went on to help someone in turn, we could indeed pave the way to a more universal knowledge and understanding of reptiles and with that, perhaps a warmer welcome in the non reptile community...
Are y'all willing to try that?
