I think you make a good point abou burms and retics. The local reptile shop I buy my feeders from won't even sell burms or retics because they don't trust people to be responsible with them. He does take in rescues sometimes but works really hard to find them the right home. I do think it's scary that anyone can go to a show and buy a cute little baby burm (for about $35 here) and they have no idea how much of a commitment they are making. I often wonder what happens to those babies because honestly I don't know a lot of people that have a 15 footer living with them. I think inbreeding is also a problem not just with corns but with all captive bred animals (dogs, horses, etc.) I still don't agree with the anti-pet people it just goes to show that as pet owners we all have a lot of work to do to make the situation more ideal.
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Anna

Corns
1.0 Snow - Cornelius
1.1 Ghost(pastel) - Eek & Boo
1.1 Amel - Parker & Scarlet
0.1 Hypo - Nikko
0.1 Anery - Missy
0.1 Hypo Motley - Cordelia aka Cordy
Boas
0.1 Columbian (BCC) - Bella
Lizards
0.0.1 Leopard Gecko - Leo
Rats
0.1 Dumbo - Moon
1.0 Rex - Pluto
Cats
1.1 Siamese - Blue & Fiona
0.1 Gray DMS - Druscilla aka Dru
Horses
1.0 Thourghbred (Hunter/Jumper) - Morgan's Majesty aka Cody

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