Frank,



I did not say anywhere in my post that it was evil or bad to sell offspring, or even make a profit off of it. I never said that I would never sell any offspring. Heck, if you get all these hatchlings, what the hell are you going to do with them? Of course it would be nice to have a hobby pay for itself, or even turn a profit.



The feeling I get with many people who seriously "get involved" with the hobby(not just monitors, -snakes, lizards, turtles, etc..) is that most people are in it to make out, and turn a quick profit, where the thought of making thousands of dollars from breeding reptiles quickly overtakes the simply joy of keeping and caring for them. That is what I see with a lot of crabby people who post here... all they see is dollar signs- not all, but some.



I am by no means against you or your business, as you have proven to be successful, and have put many years into your work. I respect that, whether our thoughts or opinions on issues differ. My arguement is about the many of the people here who are fueled to buy/keep monitors with the thoughts of breeding their animals and making money... Why are so monitor before in their life?? . many people buying groups of 1.4, when they have never even kept a monitor before in their lives?? Why get 5, when you can start out with 2 and go from there??? Greed..



I am not saying there are not people who do this for the love of keeping them; I know that if it wasn't your passion for your animals, you would not have had the success of breeding captive monitors as you have had. Many people here are in it for the fun and love. However, as I pointed out, many of the people who come here have the attitudes of making big money, and skip the fun or enjoyment part.



That is what I was posting about. Of course animals are designed to breed, I never denied that. With proper husbandry, babies should ensue... never denied that either...



All I am trying to say is that people should keep monitors for the love of doing so, not the dollar potential. Scientists do not study/keep monitors/animals to make money, heck, they sure as hell don't make much money performing the studies that they do.I would think that they do perform the research and studies because they have a fondness for the animals they are studying. That is my arguement...



Again, the "herpetoculturists" differ in ambitions than "herpetologists".. and then there are people that lay in between(i guess that's where I belong?)



cheers, sorry for the confusion...



bob
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