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So many herps (cats, dogs, etc...too) find themselves with people who never imagined a 3' snake would eventually dwarf them, so there are LOTS of 8' availible. PLEASE give them a look before looking for a new pet. Wish I had some extra room, cause there are a lot a beatiful babies...

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GratefulFred

the work your doing is a much needed project but I also feel the irresponsible sales of animals to under researched customers is a major cause for a program such as yours.As well I feel that chain pet markets that target first time and inexperienced buyers flood animals into the areana for abandonment, slow death,rescue and other issues. By the time surviving animals reach your service the animals are generally in a poor psychological state do to the neglect and inadvertant torture they recieved from their owners.
Anyway, nice job finding homes for difficult animals. But still it is only a band aid to a gaping wound as long as the exit door of the problem is addressed without the entrance door to the problem being addressed.

Now just for record, I am not affiliated with either petfinder.com OR PetCo. PetCo justs donates to support the site. I am just an animal lover who would like to help homeless animals find a home….

I do agree to a point with your comment, but I feel the bigger problem exists with pet stores who sell Burmese Pythons, Anacondas, Retics, and the like to uneducated customers. The RTB is a notorious snake that grows and grows, and can surprise someone who wasn’t expecting the size they eventually become. I believe that they should come with a ‘care sheet’ that includes all this info, along with eating behavior, temps, humidity settings, and the like.

The site PETFINDER.COM is one where different ‘rescue’ groups can advertise the animals available for adoptions. For example, click on ‘select breed’, then ‘reptile’, then ‘snakes’, and you will find the list of available snakes…

>>I do agree to a point with your comment, but I feel the bigger problem exists with pet stores who sell Burmese Pythons, Anacondas, Retics, and the like to uneducated customers.

Don't forget $20 Nile monitors
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I wasn't ridiculing the rescue,I am very supportive of these efforts. I was however mentioning that the rescue is in business because of bad business practices of others. The nice petstore I mentioned has iguanas wholesale(and less than $20.00) in all 1600 North American outlets. I think you are aware of what happens with them in size and agression.Rescues are full of damaged and many volatile animals.I will not waste the time of this forum to further discuss this here and only mentioned it because this was brought up. I think we can go back to the Duke White "I didn't get my ass beat bad enough last year" show and other important comments(Just Kidding).
But really, the problem is not going to be solved by a rescue.It needs to be solved much earlier. And this is a topic that will spark tons of controversy and emotion(mostly hostile) so it is best left to rest. Take care. Craig

Forget how many end up as rescues, think of how many die within the first few months at the hands of know-nothing owners. Not to mention that most people employed by these large chains are just any idiot who applies. They rarely have any actual knowledge about animals at all, let alone reptiles. The Petco here trys to feed its baby corns with crickets because they're "too small to eat pinkies". I spoke to the "Reptile Specialist" at one store, and he was wondering why all their baby leopard geckos were being sluggish. He told me that he put them all in the same cage together (about 30 of them) so that "if they get cold they can huddle together for warmth!" When asked if they had a heat source he said they had circulated air at 75 degrees, but no heat source. I worked at one for a little while, and I had one customer bring me back a leopard gecko that her son had purchased a few months before I was hired. It was stick thin and currently trying to die. They wanted to know what was wrong with it. I asked if it had been eating, and the mom said no, they had tried grapes, lettuce, peach baby food, shredded carrots, etc. and he just wouldn't eat. I had to tell them that they had been mis-informed by the person I was hired to replace. I have dozens more sad stories like these. So a little tip for anyone intending to buy anything live from a chain pet store, don't listen to what they tell you, they don't know what they're talking about!