Actually, I'm surprised the kids had the snake at the vet at ALL!
At least you tried BlackJack...that's all any of us can do when we talk to the closed minded people of the world.

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Knowing how teenagers are they probably talked you down like that just to feel like they know better than you. I can almost bet you anything they went home and did something or changed something to the way you said it should be. They know what they dont know and they know what they've been told. If they dont change something or do things differently as you had told them then they care nothing of the snake or its life

Great job on trying to help the ignorant anyway

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But there are hard headed people out there and if you are dealing with preteens or teens you can't be sure if they are going to listen to you or not.

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The REALLY sad/scary thing; that I forgot to rant about in my first post, was when I told them what type of snake they really had.
I said "My sister had one like that, hers grew to 8 ft long and was nearly as thick as a champagne bottle at its widest point." (Just guessing that they didn't know what to expect from their "cross-breed".)
The girl said: "Well if that happens, I'm going to call the zoo to come and take him cuz I'll be to scared to go near him."
I was stunned and couldn't speak for a few seconds when I heard this... but then the vet came and took them and their poor snake in and I had to take Talyn into another room so we didn't see eachother again.
WAAAaaaaaaaaaaH !!!!!!

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Andrea

That's the point where I hand them my card and say, "Call me when you need help" it usually doesn't take long.

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Well said Jay !!!

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Ken
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((( pat's back for trying ))) Like Suprman said.....maybe they just didn't like being told they were wrong, but will go home and make some correction. We can hope.

oh and perfectly stated Jay.......

Yeah, I wish I'd thought to give them a card... they CLEARLY need some help!!! I was just so worried about Talyn and her injury that my head wasn't so clear.
Coulda Woulda Shoulda... Darn!!!!!!!

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Andrea

Thats an interesting story, thanks for sharing.

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