Baby Bears
Well-known Member
Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Jan 28, 2005
- Posts
- 261
- Joined
- Jan 28, 2005
- Messages
- 261
I know I may get a huge earful for this, but I can't help noticing the way people react when an unsuspecting person arrives on this forum with a pregnant pig and needing help.
I know breeding of piggies is bad. I know it's especially bad to breed skinnies, but jumping on these people when they come here is contrary to what we are trying to do. Aren't we trying to educate people coming here? That's why I came here. I had to have a very tough skin when I first came on this forum, because I bought my boys from a pet store and was berated for it. I didn't know any better and have since learned. Luckily, I am older and have the ability to have a tough skin. Alot of people who come here may be younger and more easily intimidated.
Let's take the recent thread by JenkaJoe - yeah She Messed up! Big time! However, instead of helping her (and thus her pigs) and educating her not to do it again, she was attacked first and then given advice and may not come back here now. How in the world are we going to educate people and help people if they are run off the second they get here? It's okay to say what you feel, but only after you have the person understanding that we will most definately help, then you can tell them about breeding being wrong, etc. We need to help them FIRST. I know alot of you have alot of passion, but you need to learn when it is proper and the proper way to let it out. We are losing people that could have been helped and in turn, losing their pigs too!
I know breeding of piggies is bad. I know it's especially bad to breed skinnies, but jumping on these people when they come here is contrary to what we are trying to do. Aren't we trying to educate people coming here? That's why I came here. I had to have a very tough skin when I first came on this forum, because I bought my boys from a pet store and was berated for it. I didn't know any better and have since learned. Luckily, I am older and have the ability to have a tough skin. Alot of people who come here may be younger and more easily intimidated.
Let's take the recent thread by JenkaJoe - yeah She Messed up! Big time! However, instead of helping her (and thus her pigs) and educating her not to do it again, she was attacked first and then given advice and may not come back here now. How in the world are we going to educate people and help people if they are run off the second they get here? It's okay to say what you feel, but only after you have the person understanding that we will most definately help, then you can tell them about breeding being wrong, etc. We need to help them FIRST. I know alot of you have alot of passion, but you need to learn when it is proper and the proper way to let it out. We are losing people that could have been helped and in turn, losing their pigs too!