Clumsy baby

[ConcinusMan]

"every one of your responses to his very good, reasonable advice is essentially a "SCREW YOU" and a slap in the face."

I thought perhaps I was being completely crazy for feeling like that's what was happening and perhaps I just have a perception problem. You see it too. Whew! I thought I was losing it.

[Floof]

"every one of your responses to his very good, reasonable advice is essentially a "SCREW YOU" and a slap in the face."

I thought perhaps I was being completely crazy for feeling like that's what was happening and perhaps I just have a perception problem. You see it too. Whew! I thought I was losing it.

Lol! Not losing it at all, unfortunately. I really am impressed with your patience in this situation. I've been following this thread since I joined the forum, and every time I open a "Clumsy Baby Update" email, I come very close to just unsubscribing because, honestly, it's painful to read. Unfortunately, when I start reading a thread, I'm compulsed to finish it and follow it until it dies. Even a thread like this, where just reading makes me exhausted, and I'm afraid to post because I know my advice will be ignored.

TBH, the thermostat thing first occurred to me a few pages ago when the temperature issue first came up, but put off saying anything about it because I expect her to automatically shut down and say "I can't do that, I don't have enough money" the moment I utter the word "buy," "purchase," or "cost." Whether or not the money issue is a real problem in her household, it is truly unfortunate for the snakes that she can't muster up a few dimes or, presumably, get a part time job, even if it's just dog walking for the neighbor, so she can do better by these animals SHE has insisted on bringing into her home and caring for. I'm starting to really see why even youngsters with high-income parents are heavily criticized for getting animals they can't pay for by themselves... Then you get a youngster who comes in whose parents, it sounds like, can hardly afford to feed the family, god forbid half a dozen or so pet snakes.

To the OP, I'm sorry if I sound at all "accusatory" in my post, because I am not being that at all... I simply have a bad habit of being brutally honest. I would like nothing more than to see you succeed and your snakes thrive, but that simply cannot happen if you refuse to go to any of the necessary expenses to keep them healthy.