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What the Heck!?! Another Rant...

nicolai said:
Have you ever had the "mystery" boxes and bags turn up at your front door containing a reptile someone no loger wanted?? It sure has happened to me.
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Yes and in drink cups from every fast food joint you can name. One man dropped off a baby scarlet king that he had found (he didn't know what it was) in a wine cooler bottle.....needless to say the poor snake died because there was still some of the cooler left in the bottle. :(
 
Karen Hulvey said:
WOW!!! I wonder if an actual M.D. told them that little bit of fiction?
One lady gave me a couple of adult corn snakes because her OB/GYN told her that her UNBORN baby could get salmonella if SHE touched the snakes. Complete stupidity. I told her what her M.D. told her was not possible but only AFTER I had her snakes. She didn't deserve them. She told me her M.D. knows what he's talking about and she's not gonna listen to some dummy who works at a pet store. Her doctor went to medical school. Ahahahahahaha I laughed at her until she left.
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It is dumbfounding at times.

My wife is a vet assistant who went to college and is going for her RVT. According to my sister, my wife still knows less about animals then my sister who has owned a total of one dog and two birds. Those three animals makes my sister an expert with any animal and disease, and us(who have far more knowledge and animals) unintelligent. Heck, her husband is afraid of anything reptile; lizards and snakes alike. He will run out of the room if he even sees a reptile. I cannot stand a "man" who is afraid of a 6 inch bearded dragon.
 
I would start to wonder about a guy that is afraid of a 6" bearded dragon. We are supposed to be the sex that arent scared of the creepy crawly things. (Did I just sound sexist?) didnt mean to.
 
nicolai said:
I would start to wonder about a guy that is afraid of a 6" bearded dragon. We are supposed to be the sex that arent scared of the creepy crawly things. (Did I just sound sexist?) didnt mean to.
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I am 14 and i have a freind who is almost 15, he is about 6'1'' and he is a big football player. Now he is normally a tought guy, but when ever i take out a snake, anything from when i hade my 6.5 foot boa to a hatchling corn he freaks out and runs, it is kind of funny!
 
Karen Hulvey said:
WOW!!! I wonder if an actual M.D. told them that little bit of fiction?
One lady gave me a couple of adult corn snakes because her OB/GYN told her that her UNBORN baby could get salmonella if SHE touched the snakes. Complete stupidity. I told her what her M.D. told her was not possible but only AFTER I had her snakes. She didn't deserve them. She told me her M.D. knows what he's talking about and she's not gonna listen to some dummy who works at a pet store. Her doctor went to medical school. Ahahahahahaha I laughed at her until she left.
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Oh boy, am I in danger then! LOL PLEASE! I don't even bother discussing it with my OB, as I know what the most likely uneducated responce will be. In all the years I've kept herps, I've never gotten salmonella. I also don't know ANY herpers who have gotten it either. But, somehow, my baby will get it? Riiiiigggghhhhttt. A little bit of normal hygiene goes a long ways.

Because babies tend to stick everything in their mouth, mine won't be getting any leo suckers after it's born. It'll be awhile before I allow him/her to interact physically with the reptiles....there's lots you can learn by watching. That's as much for the leo's sake as it is for the baby.

LUCKILY, everyone that knows I am both pregnant and a herper haven't given me any crap about it. No one should get into a fight with someone pregnant...not if they want to live. :uzi:
 
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