If you don't know......

[Dan]

If you see a topic on here and you don't KNOW the answer can you stop guessing please.

Since i've been back on the amount of blatantly bo**ocks information i've seen is worrying. There seems to be a lot of people either spouting complete nonsense that has just been guessed or they are using second hand info that they haven't quite understood when they heard it so added their own twist.

If you don't know something as FACT or through your own experience then either keep it to yourself or state your source. If you cause a problem through a desire to increase your post count or just for the sake of speaking then i'd guess you are going to feel pretty crappy.

Not to mention the fact that nobody is disputing this stuff.

I know you all hate confrontation but turning a blind eye to incorrect information spreading can be dangerous for others that read and see something as correct because nobody has disputed it.

Presumably, if you don't want confrontation then you could report the post and get it sorted anonymously? I'm sure if you reported it and stated clear sources as to why it is wrong and that you have reported it to save confrontation the mods would be helpful.

rant over

[slither61]

Hi all,

Reticulatus Don't mind the rant,it's a free world but no need for swareing.

You don't ack like this on the Ratsnake Foundation Forum don't do it on this one.

If you don't like it don't come on this forum.

slither61

[Mason]

Originally Posted by slither61

Hi all,

Reticulatus Don't mind the rant,it's a free world but no need for swareing.

You don't ack like this on the Ratsnake Foundation Forum don't do it on this one.

If you don't like it don't come on this forum.

slither61

If this forum continually gets filled with junk then the more knowledgeable posters may well stop posting. It is only a matter of time before incorrect advice on here kills someones pet.

Advice given should be correct, this forum becaosme USELESS as a resource if you can't trust 2/3 posts written becaus people are spouting crap about things they have no clue on.

Dan is dead right, if you don't KNOW what you are saying is correct keep it behind your teeth!

[cornmorphs]

thats the problem dan, there are people on here that know more than me, but its all from books.. so when they give out info its often right, but not often from experience. makes me laugh, they know who they are lol.

[Dan]

Originally Posted by slither61

Hi all,

Reticulatus Don't mind the rant,it's a free world but no need for swareing.

You don't ack like this on the Ratsnake Foundation Forum don't do it on this one.

If you don't like it don't come on this forum.

slither61

"Slither61", you are probably correct - there may not have been a justifyable reason for swearing. I did lose the plot somewhat when writing that post however, i'm sure we have all done that at times. It's also worth noting that i did place the stars in the word myself, the post was not edited.

As for your comment on the way i act. It is no act, i am who i am and make no appologies for this. How i act here is exactly the same as anywhere else.
Perhaps the difference is that when information is disseminated through and on the Ratsnake Foundation website it is correct and not based on hearsay or just plain old fashioned guesswork?

As for your last line. How about you add me to your blocked list, that way you do not have to read my posts and i can be content in the knowledge that if i am annoyed it wont have a direct effect on yourself.

[slither61]

Originally Posted by reticulatus

"Slither61", you are probably correct - there may not have been a justifyable reason for swearing. I did lose the plot somewhat when writing that post however, i'm sure we have all done that at times. It's also worth noting that i did place the stars in the word myself, the post was not edited.

As for your comment on the way i act. It is no act, i am who i am and make no appologies for this. How i act here is exactly the same as anywhere else.
Perhaps the difference is that when information is disseminated through and on the Ratsnake Foundation website it is correct and not based on hearsay or just plain old fashioned guesswork?

As for your last line. How about you add me to your blocked list, that way you do not have to read my posts and i can be content in the knowledge that if i am annoyed it wont have a direct effect on yourself.

Hi Dan,

I agree with what you say in your post, I don't think it will be iradicated because people will still do it.
I think the best so far feeding a Heterodon nasicus crickets????. All you can do is read and form your own opinion.

Dan I have no intention of blocking you you have posted some good topics on this forum which I have read with intrest.

I said what I said in my last line, that if the misinformation gets you that cross I would not bother with it.

slither61

[slither61]

Originally Posted by Mason

If this forum continually gets filled with junk then the more knowledgeable posters may well stop posting. It is only a matter of time before incorrect advice on here kills someones pet.

Advice given should be correct, this forum becaosme USELESS as a resource if you can't trust 2/3 posts written becaus people are spouting crap about things they have no clue on.

Dan is dead right, if you don't KNOW what you are saying is correct keep it behind your teeth!

HI all

Mason if you read the post I agree with what Dan says, it was the swareing that I don't think people on an open forum have to read, you can put your points forward without swareing.

The best way to research is do your own research.

Mason you are right in one sence ,the even more knowledgeable people are not even members of forums they just don't want the hassel.

slither61

[purejurrasic]

I fully agree.

And when you do step in with a correction, then your a bully !

Cant win so yeah.

As nige says, theres too much 'book' knowledge out there, not to mention info on the internet thats wrong or misleading.

Theres nothing like experiance, but those with the experiance want to help, not get into a row over the who, whys, and what ifs.

[CaseyM]

Well said Dan, nice to see you back btw

[TtotheC]

Hence some of us are wise enough in our ignorance not to go handing out advice, even book advice. Though it does limit you somewhat to going "Awwww" at cute pictures.