I just killed a snake.

[Didymus20X6]

He posted that post expecting everyone(you guys) to do exactly what you guys did. Agree with him and tell him what a difficult but good thing he did.

WRONG. I posted here, not looking for agreement, but to express my own grief at having to do something that I didn't want to do. You're the one reading motives into the post that simply aren't there. You're mistaking sadness for low self-esteem, and in that, are just plain wrong. You act like you're some kind of mind reader, but you're not. Get over yourself.

But here's something you seem to be completely overlooking: whether any of the options you claim MUST be available were even reasonable. I live in a small town, and the closest cities in which there even might be a decent reptile doctor are three-hour drives away. You argue that by not taking that drive, that I was being lazy? I argue that, given the condition of the creature - a condition that I had first-hand observation of, and which you didn't - it was unreasonable to commit an entire day's worth of travel on the off-chance I might be able to find emergency service for the creature, only to have it die anyway.

The bottom line is, you've been acting like some kind of know-it-all pretty much from your first post. You say that you're only expressing your disagreement, but I say you don't even have decent information on which to base your disagreement. You weren't there; I was. And that simple fact in and of itself makes me ten times more qualified to assess the reality of the situation than you are.

I'm not looking for your approval, so I don't care whether you give it. But don't come on here acting like you know things when you obviously don't.

[mike_panic]

WRONG. I posted here, not looking for agreement, but to express my own grief at having to do something that I didn't want to do. You're the one reading motives into the post that simply aren't there. You're mistaking sadness for low self-esteem, and in that, are just plain wrong. You act like you're some kind of mind reader, but you're not. Get over yourself.

No there is no reading into motives. I simply think you didn't think it through. It is YOU who can't get over the fact that I disagree with your actions. That will not change so you get over it. Like your title said, "I killed a snake today" and that's exactly what you did.

[d_virginiana]

Just to clarify; when I say 'Kill a dog' I am referring to vet-assisted euthanasia. There is no reason someone can't take a dog or cat in to a shelter where it would be euthanized for free, as there aren't restrictions on who will even see them like there are for reptiles, and the euthanasia process has been proven to be humane for them.
(And I am also talking about severely ill strays that would have endangered my other animals and been an impossible financial burden. They were never taken in with the instructions to euthanize; but they were given to shelters that almost immediately had to do just that).

[Didymus20X6]

No there is no reading into motives. I simply think you didn't think it through. It is YOU who can't get over the fact that I disagree with your actions. That will not change so you get over it. Like your title said, "I killed a snake today" and that's exactly what you did.

Go pretend to be a mind-reader someplace else. We're done here.