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17-Mar-07, 01:58 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: lithgow | | | to encourage new handlers
ok people im a security guard who only works 3 days a week and being an ex cabinet maker
and the fact that i can get access to free wood, i was toying with the idea of knocking together enclosures and selling them if not giving away the enclosures to the people who cant really afford the 200 bucks or so for an enclosure from a petshop ect, any ideas how to police it so people dont take advantage of it, |
17-Mar-07, 02:01 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Alexandria - Sydney Gender:  | | | | Not sure, however i'll be your guinea pig :p |
17-Mar-07, 02:04 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: nsw Gender: | | | | sweet
yeh thatswould be sick pm me if you do it |
17-Mar-07, 02:05 PM
| | | hmm i would make people put orders in and still charge them 50 bucks or somthing just to cover your time or even more. 
but, i am sure there are alot of people who will still try and take advantage of your kind gesture. |
17-Mar-07, 02:05 PM
|  | Wonder Woman Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Sydney Gender:  | | | I'll have enclosures *nods*  |
17-Mar-07, 02:08 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-05 Location: mildura Age: 24 | | | | realistically.
if you cant afford the enclosure
you cant afford the animal. |
17-Mar-07, 02:09 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: CQ | | | | Ill take advantage, where do i sign up?
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17-Mar-07, 02:14 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: lithgow | | | | yeah i know what your saying leigh but this is the thing if they have enough for a snake but dont have 500 for full setup e.g snake and enclosure ,books,food e.g then thats where my idea would come into play |
17-Mar-07, 02:16 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Dubbo Age/Gender: 24 | | | If you really want to give them away why not donate some to wildlife organisations. |
17-Mar-07, 02:18 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Country NSW Age/Gender: 37 | | | | But shouldn't people buy their set ups first.... then buy the snake? Too many people tend to get the snake first then think about where they are going to put it later. Not good.
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17-Mar-07, 02:33 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 22 | | | | i fully agree with leigh,
this is an expensive hobby, if you cant accept the money side then you shouldnt be doing it.
i dont think free enclosures are a good way of encouraging new handlers at all, its encouraging to do things on the cheap, and your aiming at people who dont know any better, or choose to be ignorant to costs involved
if you can afford to build enclosures for near nothing, dont try to play good samaratin and give them away to inexperienced people who cant afford to do things properly. most likely your doing more harm than good.
donate your skills, or build to order, certainly if you have an interest in building enclosures your allowed to pursue it. i only hope you are an experienced keeper yourself who fully understands all the needs of a good enclosure. because even many of the expensive pet shop ones get it wrong. and if you get it wrong too, you have encouraged and offered poor housing.
its a big responsibility your asking for in my opinion.
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17-Mar-07, 02:33 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-05 Location: mildura Age: 24 | | | | if they can only afford the snake but not the cage and food how are they going to feed it, what if they gota go to the vets etc.
pretty dumb idea |
17-Mar-07, 02:36 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-05 Location: mildura Age: 24 | | | | but in any case ill take a free enlcosure ^_^ hahaha =P~ |
17-Mar-07, 02:44 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: lithgow | | | | awesome i love to get all the different opinions because that way i can pick up on things that i may have overlooked or not considered, one thing im doing at the moment or have been doing is looking at different enclosures and seeing what they offer and dont offer so as to build a really good enclosure not just some factory crappy thing which is what Lene was talking about ok Lene the truth is ive only looked over my brothers shoulder for the last 5 years as he has had reptiles for quite a few years now and ive only recently goten my own license but i really do listen to you experienced handlers to learn and hence put out a quality enclosure, |
17-Mar-07, 03:07 PM
|  | steve Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: gold coast Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kullafullsnake  ok people im a security guard who only works 3 days a week and being an ex cabinet maker
and the fact that i can get access to free wood, i was toying with the idea of knocking together enclosures and selling them if not giving away the enclosures to the people who cant really afford the 200 bucks or so for an enclosure from a petshop ect, any ideas how to police it so people dont take advantage of it, | go to fair traiding and get a pataint on your name and design. I am too a security guard and ex cabinet maker. the best thing i ever done was learn how to use malamine chip bord material but also worked with solid timber. i also have done artificle rock work thats a good one if any one wants out door encloser's..... and its not expensive and better for the animals welfare. i dont have out door enclosure's but one day i will when i have my own home......
cheers steve.. | | |
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