Well, If you are worried about your collection being stolen by someone coming and seeing your collection then your security in your home/ snake building isn't good enough. I have a home security system with probes on all windows and doors as well as motion sensors not to metion I breed Dobermans so good luck stepping in my driveway without a few snarling barks. I let any customer that wants to come see my collection do so. It is good for new people to see a proffesional setup and how things work. Sometime the difference in the sale might be them coming to see your animals. I will tell you this I won't let someone coming and seeing my collection keep me from putting food on the table for my children.

As Far as someone bringing mites into your collection. You have just as much chance of bringing mites into your collection by going to reptile show as you do by letting someone come see your animals. Everytime I vend a show as soon as the animal leaves my building it is considered contaminated and will be treated as it had a raging mite infestation. I have been to every major reptile show on the East Coast and it never fails there is always someone at the show with an animal on their table with mites.

The main thing is think with your head! The one time in the last ten years that I have found a mite in my collection it was because I didn't follow proper quarintine procedure. If you use your head and do make a careless mistake, mite elimination is no problem.

Al Brown/Brown's Boas

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• Boas, Pythons, and IBD - nekomi, Wed Jun 11 01:17:38 2008
• RE: Boas, Pythons, and IBD - BrownsBoas, Wed Jun 11 07:54:22 2008
• RE: Boas, Pythons, and IBD - charmer, Wed Jun 11 08:20:11 2008
• A few thoughts... (long) - PGoss, Wed Jun 11 09:28:05 2008
• RE: A few thoughts... (long) - BrownsBoas, Wed Jun 11 10:09:56 2008
• but.... - Morgans Boas, Wed Jun 11 10:39:40 2008
• Big Time but,,,, - Sun_King, Wed Jun 11 12:34:48 2008
• RE: Big Time but,,,, - BrownsBoas, Wed Jun 11 14:03:54 2008
• I completely agree! - charmer, Wed Jun 11 14:56:14 2008
• RE: Boas, Pythons, and IBD - rainbowsrus, Wed Jun 11 10:57:31 2008
• RE: Boas, Pythons, and IBD - Bighurt, Wed Jun 11 12:01:16 2008
• RE: Boas, Pythons, and IBD - OKReptileRescue, Thu Jun 12 01:01:21 2008