Sudhira said:In no way do I intend to insult any one else's philosophy, but it is MY practice and philosophy that if I cannot properly meet the needs of a "pet" that I acquire by providing the best environment and healthcare, then I should probably not acquire that living thing. Vet care IS expensive, and if one cannot afford vet care, then they might want to re-think stewarding a pet, especially and exotic one.
Please, these are just my thoughts and feelings on the subject.
I am grateful for the information shared on this forum. There are many ideas from which to glean information .
What you have there is uncommon sense, pass that on if you can. .
In all seriousness, you would hope that your logic is something all people share, unfortunately its not, hence the 1000's of similar posts scattered about the forum.
I totally agree with your philosophy but we need to help the torts who's owners didn't know as much as they thought they did.