One of the stipulations for my helping with our local rescue is that I educate and do follow ups with everyone that I place their snakes with. I've kinda incorporated this into my personal local sales as well - most often potential buyers will get to see how to properly set up the cage and keep it clean, will get a chance to handle some of the various sizes of snakes as well as do a feeding or two (yep cheap labor). I give a little speach about everything from feedings and sheddings to how to handle escapes. I think it's extremely important that people know ahead of time what they are going to get into. I see too many sankes that people have grown tired of or abuse that come my way - one of the reasons I've not bred until this year - I didn't feel it was right to add to the situation.



OK off my soapbox -
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Tosha



"One of these days i am going to wake up..look around...and realize my place looks more like "Ace Venturas"s than my own." Coldthumb



7.33.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)

1.0.0 Angolan Python (Skywalker)

0.0.1 Green Tree Python

0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)

0.0.1 Dessert Tortoise (Pope John Paul "JP"

2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)

0.0.2 frogs rescued from pool skimmer

0.0.1 lizard rescued from vicious feline

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