These 5 DISGUSTING People and Behaviors Will Kill The Reptile Hobby

The reptile hobby is under constant attack and we need to get these people and these things OUT of the hobby before it's too late!
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[WickensWickedReptiles]

what do you think? Are videos like this helpful?

[DM-qlps]

Fun fact: PETA does run an "animal shelter", but it has one of the highest shelter euthanasia rates in the country. Poorly funded municipal shelters generally save and adopt out a higher percentage of the animals they take it. You'd think a huge wealthy organization like them could run a better shelter, but they don't. They've actually been sued before over animal cruelty (they kidnaped a dog and killed it the same day).

[levic]

Years ago I was in a class and we had to report on an activist movement. Three people used PETA as an example, then I went up with my various pelts, my old leopard gecko and horrified the room with the truth on PETA. It was a good day and the gecko got many pets.

[heatherssnakes]

Those brief clips of the FWC killing snakes...brought me to instant tears. My god how horrible. How can that be legal? Those people should be charged with animal cruelty.

[red]

Thank you. Finally someone points this out. As an old school reptile handler from the Ca. alligator farm, we did alligator and snake shows hourly. Our curator, (the legendary Ken Earnest), would always tell us "if the cobra is hooding, leave it alone", " if the rattlesnake is rattling, leave it alone". We had a strict policy to NOT sensationalize.

[JeffB-xtxk]

1 more thing needed added to the list which is people releasing their reptiles it needs to be talked about more because it can destroy whole ecosystem like what is happening in Florida, by not releasing our reptiles we wouldn’t have to deal with so many regulations on owning certain reptiles.

[prickly_procyonids]

Love your point about the FWC.

The amount of people in the hobby who support special interest groups like PETA or the HSUS (and even the AZA) which openly despise and advocate against our choice of pets has always shocked me. People are always very eager to make excuses and defend those who would pass legislation banning your exotic pets in a heartbeat.

[marquendra]

One thing I can’t stand are people that bash others for showing the gentle and positive interactions with giant snakes. Especially when it’s always done correctly and safely supervised. When your own “community” is out here throwing speculative situations that likely won’t ever happen, it makes it very easy for bans to occur. Especially if they use ignorant comments by those who keep them against us to prove their point.

[enophonyx]

one of the worst things for me is the mob mentality some people have with piling the same knowledge onto people in an "attacking" manor, it can scare people off enjoying the hobby and ruin the reputation for the community as a whole

[clistiarobinson]

I agree 100 percent, that's why I only watch certain youtubers and the ones who have so much passion and who is trying to teach everyone that reptiles are not bad and have so much love for them and know how to take care of them

[RoyaleDaFox]

There are no bad exotics, only bad people. -Emmett 2023
Edit: after reading a comment I have decided that there are some exceptions.

[FroggySpace]

Hey bro ur one of the people keeping this hobbies alive 😊

[LaunchPadMcQuackHire]

I have issues with anyone who keep venomous snakes for pets, just for bragging rights.

[starlightangel]

Wish there was more we could do to rid the channels/people you speak of. They just come back under a different name. It's sickening.

[viking]

Used to work at an aquarium where there was a reptile keeper who was a know it all. She ended up causing half of our tanks to crash from messing with them while we werent around and then blamed it on us. Also fried an entire hatch of high quality panther chameleons and a gaboon viper in her own department

[Gking]

What gets me are the people who. Keep, say, 8ft boa in an enclosure with just some newspaper and a bowl. Of water with no enrichment and then just trow food at it. No cleaning up and you can see the poor animal just looks miserable. Thanks for the rant, well deserved and needed

[wthrhrxd]

You're like the top reason I got into the repltile hobby, you're keeping the hobby alive 😁! Love your content 💚

[hazelgrunts]

I really appreciate how you do a healthy balance of positivity and negativity (helpful negativity, not drama or non constructive criticism) on this channel, that’s something that other reptile channels have a hard time doing

[chloetremblett]

The last one 💯 makes me so mad. “They’ve lived like this for years” okay, surviving and thriving are 2 different things. I hate when people aren’t willing to take advice and let their ego get in the way of caring for their reptile properly

[Katielomax]

The fighting in a box reminds me of the sick people that bait small animals like kittens etc to dogs. Lowest of the low, hurts to think about