Fantazmic
Very Well-Known Member
Hi Everyone
I would like to introduce myself on behalf of myself and my hubby. Last weekend we strolled into a pet shop and saw a pair of coastal pythons and absolutely fell in love.
Two things stopped us from buying....firstly we know nothing about snakes...at all.....and secondly there is something about buying animals from petshops that really doesnt agee with us. We breed and show staffies and knowing about the horrible puppy farming that goes on we hesitated. Maybe it is different with snakes.....we just wearnt sure. Already from my reading it was obvious the enclosure the poor things were in was way tooo small.....first warning sign.
So here we are on your list wanting to find out as much as we can before deciding to bring a snake...or snakes into our home.
I am going to firstly be doing my homework by reading the threads on the forum to try and learn. If I still have questons I am hoping that I can post and someone out there will patiently answer my questions.
Something I am wondering about though...and this is going to sound funny. Are there responsible snake 'breeders' out there? I'm sure there are and I just need to find them !!(like there are dog breeders in the dog world) Hubby and I would love to be able to actually talk to someone who knows about snakes and to be able to see some snakes. We really feel we would like to buy our snakes from someone who has a good name and is doing the right thing as far as breeding the snakes etc. We know from our experience with our beloved dogs that good things are worth waiting for !!
Also....are there snake shows like dog shows ? (I know I sound mad)
Anyway....looking forward to chatting and learning.
Regards
Elizabeth and Wesley
I would like to introduce myself on behalf of myself and my hubby. Last weekend we strolled into a pet shop and saw a pair of coastal pythons and absolutely fell in love.
Two things stopped us from buying....firstly we know nothing about snakes...at all.....and secondly there is something about buying animals from petshops that really doesnt agee with us. We breed and show staffies and knowing about the horrible puppy farming that goes on we hesitated. Maybe it is different with snakes.....we just wearnt sure. Already from my reading it was obvious the enclosure the poor things were in was way tooo small.....first warning sign.
So here we are on your list wanting to find out as much as we can before deciding to bring a snake...or snakes into our home.
I am going to firstly be doing my homework by reading the threads on the forum to try and learn. If I still have questons I am hoping that I can post and someone out there will patiently answer my questions.
Something I am wondering about though...and this is going to sound funny. Are there responsible snake 'breeders' out there? I'm sure there are and I just need to find them !!(like there are dog breeders in the dog world) Hubby and I would love to be able to actually talk to someone who knows about snakes and to be able to see some snakes. We really feel we would like to buy our snakes from someone who has a good name and is doing the right thing as far as breeding the snakes etc. We know from our experience with our beloved dogs that good things are worth waiting for !!
Also....are there snake shows like dog shows ? (I know I sound mad)
Anyway....looking forward to chatting and learning.
Regards
Elizabeth and Wesley