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I'm updating my wills and need to rethink how I'm providing for a 25-y-o burmese python. If anybody has done the brainwork on this
themselves, I'd appreciate your dropping me a line.

I have no family to take her and no friends who are exactly thrilled at taking her on. I hope to outlive her but the universe refuses to guarantee that in writing so in the Will it must go.

I believe that thinking some zoo or adoption place would be "thrilled" to take her is seriously deluded thinking and that I have an ethical obligation to set aside funds and seek out suitable future homes myself from time to time rather than burden my non-snake-oriented friends into being stuck with her.

Advice most welcome. Thanks.

J

>>I'm updating my wills and need to rethink how I'm providing for a 25-y-o burmese python. If anybody has done the brainwork on this
>>themselves, I'd appreciate your dropping me a line.
>>

Not exactly targeted for snakes, but http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/providing_for_your_pets_future_without_you/ will give you some things to think about.

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no self respecting reptile owner would ever go to a hsus website, lol.
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Josh & Krysty Hutto
J&K Reptiles

Various Ball Pythons:::

1.0 striped vanilla
1.0 spider
1.2 Citrus Ghost and hets
1.2 Albino and hets
2.3 het Pied
0.6 50% poss het pied
1.1 Pastel (male has additional gene going on with him)
a bunch of normal female breeders
a bunch of normal female holdbacks and several rescued normal males

0.1 columbian boa, she's a feeding monster, controls my
over production of rats, lol
0.1 brazilian rainbow boa, another rat eating monster
1.1 corns

a BAD dog is MADE not bred, support the American Pit Bull Terrier as the greatest breed of dogs on Earth!!!!!

just a thought...
if you spoke to a zoo, park, somthing now, and said if something happened to you they would get a good donation if they took her on, this may work...lots of smaller parks need $$ and if it was prearanged and put in writing then it would be less of burden on your family if something did happen to you.
just my first thought
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hanging out under heat lights burns up my brain cells!!

I personally have boas. Fortunately an 8-9 foot boa is easier to deal with than a 23 ft pyhton. I however know I am inheriting 5 tortoises from my mom. I am not overly thrilled about it, but I know its going to happen. I will have 2 huge Sulcattas and 3 Red Foots in hopefully the distant future.

I don't really have any suggestions for you, it looks like you are headed in the right direction reptile owners. Our animals often out live us.

I personally have boas. Fortunately an 8 foot boa is eaier to deal with than a 23 ft pyhton. I however know am inheriting 5 tortoises from my mom. I am not overly thrilled about it, but I know its going to happen. I will have 2 huge Sulcattas and 3 Red Foots in hopefully the distant future.

I don't really have any suggestions for you, it looks like you are headed in the right direction by planning ahead. This is an important topic for reptile owners. Our animals often out live us.

Give it to a local reptile store. They'll pretty much take anything if it doesnt cost them money.

I think the point of this post was to take "good" care of the snake after he's gone. To give it to a pet store is playing Russian roulette with the poor snakes life. You don't know if it will be going to someone who realy knows about and cares for reptiles or some teen who just wants something "cool." Just my 5 pence tho.

Widj

hello,I just read your message.I don't know where you are located,I'm in Montreal Quebec,and I wouldn't mind taking care of your burmese for you in case of a passing,or accident.I'm a single mom with 3 angels,and I have a royal python named Dracul.So if you want to get to know each other e-mail me at teena-lnd@hotmail.com