~ SORRY TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE TREE HUGGERS!!..ha ha.. but MOST Pet Shops,venom facilities,wildlife facilities,sanctuary's,zoo's,SCIENCE LABS use rack systems and tubs..as a visitor to a park,sanctuary or zoo, you get to see amazing done up enclosures,and its wonderful..but behind the scenes,they mainly use rack systems,tubs etc to breed and house their snakes... trust me i know this
I don't want to get home after a long days work and have to spend hours of my time cleaning cages, when I have family business to tend to!
There is no answer that will satisfy you? Do you actually have a job Michael? Something that keeps you busy for most of the day? Are you married or do you have young kids? If you have none of the above then I would not expect you to understand and you never will. Same goes for being a demonstrator, you might find that rack systems would free up time that you never thought you had. The answer is simple; time management or efficiency! I don't want to get home after a long days work and have to spend hours of my time cleaning cages, when I have family business to tend to! Something that really annoys me is the fact that you think I am less of a reptile lover because I keep my animals in a more convenient way for myself than you Michael! I do like to have a life outside the herp scene, you would go insane if you didn't.
We kept our snakes in proper reptile cages for years! We actually still have some cages standing around that we don't use anymore! Our animals are happy and healthy. I have shown non rack users just how fast feeding can go when you have 300 plus snakes. Takes us a whole 30 mins. Cleaning all our tubs would take a good 4 hours at the most! This means that we have a weekend to spend with friends and family. It also means that we can relax after a long days work.
Keeping snakes in tubs has got nothing to do with being commercial; it has everything to do with having a life. I would also like to see just how much you would complain about a large electricity bill and how it cut into your GTP profit if you lived down in the southern parts of Australia.
Thanks for reading. I don't think anybody could give you the correct explanation for keeping snakes in tubs.
It's funny just how removed some keepers can be from reality!
Have you ever kept adults in tubs? if your answer is NO then you cant assume they wont be happy and be able to handle ...My fella is still the same in character as he was in his enclosure like I said nothing has changed ,other then his home structure all his needs are being met ...and as I have kept him in both situations I can answer that truthfully ..I can reply to carpets on three levels here
As a private owner and reptile lover I simply could not keep my pets in tubs
As a commercial breeder I can happily keep my hatchies in racks
As a demonstrator I need to keep my snakes in habitats because it keeps them happier and healthier
My snakes are well known for being both curious and happy to be handled
I dont think they would be like that if kept in tubs
It is very interesting that you used the words 'convenient for me"
How about good for the snakes??
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That is way below the belt. Don't bring personal life into this argument, [deleted]
If you go back to my previous posts you will see that I kept my adults in tubs for a few months when setting up the facility here
They all changed a lot badly in temperament during this time
As soon as they were back in habitats they were back to being happy and part of the family again
My snakes are used on a daily basis being handled by strangers
From your description of ONE adult in a tub you dont fit into the 'lots of adults in tubs' anyway
One adult can be taken out and played with regularly
What I want to know is how people with lots of adults in tubs as pets can do this and still say their 'babies' are happy???
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The previous reply was to me longqi
Not to micheal
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