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draybar
at Mon Aug 7 20:07:17 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by draybar ]
>>I went to a Snakes Alive! presentation at my local library. I was hooked when he let me hold the corn snake. The next day I got rid of my pet mice & guinea pigs (Mom's conditions) and bought Kathy Love's book. I planned on waiting until the Raleigh show to get my first one, which was about 5 months away. I was doing so well, then 2 weeks before the show my local pet store got a baby cornsnake. I broke down and got her, setting me back $60. Yes, $60 for a skinny little normal cornsnake. Four years later and she is still my favorite out of 21 corns.
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A lot of people freak out about someone paying $60.00 for a normal corn snake and then they say something like, "you can order them on-line all day long for $20.00."
Guess what? That $20.00 snake just became a $65.00 snake when shipped over night....lol
Then they say, "just go to a show"
A lot of people do not have shows near enough to make it economical to travel the distance.
The closest show to me is almost 3 hours one way.
When you factor in the price of gas and the 6 hour round trip drive, a $20.00 snake would cost about $70.00...lol
If you saw the snake, liked it, could afford the $60.00 and are happy with the snake then it was well worth that $60.00. ----- Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

Draybars Snakes
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