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| jonnyc1988 |
Posted - 01/08/2012 : 21:15:07
Is anyone watching that "britains strangest pets" on channel 5. They always pick the most irresponsible examples to give the exotic pet trade a bad name. They had some guy on with a boa, he was going on about how cool it was owning dangerous animals and discussing the ways they could harm people.
They obviously found this guy coz he had been in the paper when he lost his boa and had everyone in Essex terrified.
They did have a monitor breeder on from Gateshead who Im sure was recently in practical reptile mag. He obviously knew what he was doing, but decided to take one of his biggest lizards to a local pet shop to "show it off" and it got quite stressed and aggressive. Didnt seem like the best idea in the world. |
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| Lotabob |
Posted - 03/08/2012 : 12:42:08
It is madness, even on that essex reptile show thing they managed to find all the loonies of the day to appear, only a few genuinely sane people appeared on it, the guy who kept rattlers, he had his head screwed on, the lift did not go to the top floor with everyone else.
They miss that the vast majority of people that own retiles are not flamboyant head cases but just normal people that you would never even realise unless they tell you. For example me, I work with the public and they are nearly all very surprised when they find out I keep exotic animals. |
| rockroyal |
Posted - 03/08/2012 : 12:36:32
I defrost all day then feed around 4ish or should I be feeding my royals later in the evening |
| badwool |
Posted - 03/08/2012 : 08:23:51
My bad |
| jonnyc1988 |
Posted - 02/08/2012 : 21:53:07
The problem is when these programs look for people to use on the shows they look through past news stories (such as the escaped boa) and then follow up on the people. They know that if they find the most extreme cases it will make "entertaining viewing" for the general public. Its a load of crap! |
| Lotabob |
Posted - 02/08/2012 : 19:25:42
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Originally posted by badwool
snakes can't digest cooked meat iirc
They can digest cooked meat, not a single reason they couldn't other than getting them to eat cooked meat which may be a challenge.
The reason you dont defrost in boiling/hot water is very quickly boiling/hot water cools and leaves a nice core of ice in the middle of the now slightly warm at the edges rat, snake eats it, it quickly loses the heat and then the ice lowers the snakes core temperature and it either regurges or dies.
Always best to defrost the rat fully before you heat it up if thats what you need to do. |
| chrisc |
Posted - 02/08/2012 : 18:17:19
i have made an official complaint to ofcom about the programme an it would be a good idea if more of us complain about the misleading information ect on the show.
heres the link to complain to ofcom
https://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/tell-us/specific-programme-epg |
| rockroyal |
Posted - 02/08/2012 : 12:50:29
channel 5 should be strung up for this ! talk about showing the reptile hobbie in a very bad light and as for that total idiotic bad excuse for a reptile keeper at the end if I ever see him he's getting a serious slap |
| badwool |
Posted - 02/08/2012 : 08:52:42
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Originally posted by Stewy-C-
Also, boiling a kettle to defrost a rat? Pretty sure the rat would start to cook? I have always read it's best for rats to defrost over time, rather than speeding it up. Not sure what the reasons for this is other than partially cooking it.
snakes can't digest cooked meat iirc |
| boomslang |
Posted - 01/08/2012 : 23:17:28
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Originally posted by Stewy-C-
Also, boiling a kettle to defrost a rat? Pretty sure the rat would start to cook? I have always read it's best for rats to defrost over time, rather than speeding it up. Not sure what the reasons for this is other than partially cooking it.
Yeah mate..It's like defrosting a chicken by boiling it in a pan lol.
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The guy with the boa is an absolute idiot. Hasn't a clue what he was talking about. Plus, he is the reason reptiles have a bad name and are feared.
That's the reason they add in tools,It's meant to show reptiles in a bad light.PLus it adds abit of jeremy kyle style tv viewing to the show. |
| Stewy-C- |
Posted - 01/08/2012 : 22:40:11
Also, boiling a kettle to defrost a rat? Pretty sure the rat would start to cook? I have always read it's best for rats to defrost over time, rather than speeding it up. Not sure what the reasons for this is other than partially cooking it. |
| carlb1981 |
Posted - 01/08/2012 : 22:13:07
And i might be wrong but surely if your trying to get your monitor to mate you should let them get on with it and not sit next to them stroking it |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 01/08/2012 : 22:11:00
The boa guy is the #1 reason I refuse to use gloves when I handle my angry boa. |
| carlb1981 |
Posted - 01/08/2012 : 22:09:54
The boa guy was definitely a grade a the way he was going on about how he caught it after its escape was over the top and playing up for the cameras |
| chrisc |
Posted - 01/08/2012 : 22:08:18
i have not watched the 2nd episode but will tomorrow and will then be complaing to channel 5 like i did after the first one and i am probarbly going to complain to the tv watchdog people about misleading information which as said shed unwarrented bad light on our hobby |
| Stewy-C- |
Posted - 01/08/2012 : 21:59:57
The guy with the boa is an absolute idiot. Hasn't a clue what he was talking about. Plus, he is the reason reptiles have a bad name and are feared.
Don't think many of the reptiles on the show were kept the best that they could have been.
Another idiotic show giving reptiles a bad name. |
| boomslang |
Posted - 01/08/2012 : 21:21:01
Yeah the boa guys a tool. |
