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Scott_Austin
at Wed Feb 11 22:08:48 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Scott_Austin ]
How do you actually know what the buyer has at home??? I could be trying to sell you a snake at a show, and even if I ask you: what kinda cage do you have? Are there children in your house? Can you handle a snake that will get 15+ ft and 150+ lbs? All great questions and believe me I have asked, but it is just as easy for them to tell you what you want to hear, even if it is completely wrong.
What has worked for me is to explain more or less how the animal might act under their care. If they want one bad enough they will buy it somewhere else anyways! You just need to explain to them that your retic might have a strong feeding response and come at you everytime the cage is opened, and then be a complete sweetheart immediately afterwards. I think that making the buyer more aware of how they might potentially act is way more of a reality check then just telling them; "oh yeah well this snake can reach 20+ ft weigh more than 200 lbs. Can you handle that?"
With what happened with the toddler incident I think is completely the parents responsibility anyways. Yeah it looks bad on the snakes but it ultimately comes down to the persons ability to keep themselves and others out of harms way.
Just my 2 cents.
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- This type of stuff is what is going to - DavidKendrick, Wed Feb 11 09:12:14 2009
- Great....... - cenobite74, Wed Feb 11 09:18:45 2009
- RE: This type of stuff is what is going to - varanid, Wed Feb 11 09:25:17 2009
- I agree.... - DavidKendrick, Wed Feb 11 09:35:24 2009
- RE: I agree.... - varanid, Wed Feb 11 10:10:38 2009
 All great ideas but.... - Scott_Austin, Wed Feb 11 22:08:48 2009  - RE: I agree.... - HappyHillbilly, Thu Feb 12 01:22:11 2009
- EVERYONE working with Retics...READ - DavidKendrick, Wed Feb 11 12:39:17 2009
- It was a retic, about 14' - Jaykis, Wed Feb 11 18:18:47 2009
- RE: This type of stuff is what is going to - 13joshsilva, Wed Feb 11 18:57:47 2009
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