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RE: No respect........

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Posted by: Bluerosy at Sat Jul 9 15:36:51 2011   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bluerosy ]  
   

Top breeders? What's that?





You can learn a lot from people who farm snakes. But the kinks have not been worked out like they have with other livestock. Snakes are not chickens and cattle where you dose them with steroids and have it down to a science. Snakes are different. And we have to look at their natural ecology and use different methods than other livestock. For gosh sakes, they live in holes in the ground. So don't use my farming example with domestic livestock.



lets take BHB for example. They are a large operation whih is set up with temperature controlled rooms and they do everything the same way. basically they did it the old school method because that is all they knew. that does not mean they do it best, or the right way.



So if the "top breeders" laugh. That means what?





I know a lot of these top breedrs. Some of them post here once in a while. What people don't know is a lot of the animals they BUY from them, are not even theirs. They did not breed them. They purchased them from a BROKER. which could be some smaller breeders or even larger breders who wholselae out to them and they don't want to bother with trying to sell the naimsl at market value and advertice and have to ship just a couple snakes at a time. there are lots of breeders who the "top breeders" get their snakes from. Then they of course, mark up the price.



Yes, you all know some of these breeders. And they do that a lot.





But that is not the point. The point is just because they have been breedings snakes one way and it is to much trouble (to change room, set up, shelving etc)they really don't care to try something different. Most importantly if they put 2 snakes together and they are not bonded, what do you think will happen?



So yes, they might get a laugh. But really they have not thought much about anything except what they learned since the 70's. They are also "top breeders' because it is about the money. Thats how they make their living, support their kids, pay the bills, go on vacation, etc. and the botton line is the dollar.
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