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07-23-2005, 09:15 PM
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How annoying!!
Just clicked on the reptile ark website, which is a brilliant website. you put any animal that you want to get rid of and people can rescue them from you. I just had a look at what was there. Someone had a 14ft burmese and there were about 6 iguanas. do these people not understand what they are buying?? I know this is said almost daily on this site, but some of these people must be stupid. I'm sure some have good, valid reasons for needing to get rid of these pets, but a couple just said that the pet was too big for the viv and needed rehousing!! Someone else wanted to get rid of a kingsnake with an abscess. Take the poor thing to the vet to get it sorted for crying out loud!! This isn't the sixties, vets do treat reptiles nowadays! The general public really get on my nerves with their stupidity sometimes! Just had to rant, sorry!!
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07-23-2005, 09:43 PM
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That's why its so important that when kids or inexperienced people come on these forums and start asking questions about herps which are not "beginner level" herps, that we speak out and tell them that big herps are not usually good choices for beginners.
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07-23-2005, 11:18 PM
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could nt say it better myself wreckwriter, ive got burms as big as 17 feet people came in and droppped off for adoptions ? i gets VERY ANNOYING!!
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07-23-2005, 11:59 PM
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it is a shame that stuff happens all the time. but do you know what is just as bad? the people who get the rescues because they are free. they never take them to the vet. they just take them because they see the word free  they figure if they die they can just get another free rescue. i wish that anyone who got a rescue had to sign a paper saying they will get them to the vet within the first 2 weeks and if not the animal is taken away. i have a rescue that was a rescue! the guy never got it help. he kept it for 5 months in a deli bowl. it is a yr. old boa and she is the size of my 4 month old BCI. those are the people i would like to stomp on. rescue means you are saving the critter and you will do whatever it takes to do that. |
07-26-2005, 02:30 AM
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i dont like it either, i am 14 and i wont buy a pet i wont be able to handle as it gets bigger, i would like to get a burm but im too young now and wouldnt be able to handle an adult.
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07-26-2005, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by brownsfan222
i dont like it either, i am 14 and i wont buy a pet i wont be able to handle as it gets bigger, i would like to get a burm but im too young now and wouldnt be able to handle an adult.
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(giggle) I'm an adult and I wouldn't be able to handle an adult burm! 
Even with my hubby helping!
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07-26-2005, 01:33 PM
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why cant people just realise that a Burm is not an ideal snake for a begginner
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07-26-2005, 02:19 PM
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why cant people just realise that a Burm is not an ideal snake for a begginner
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maybe at least partially because too many people worry more about being nice than about being honest when newbies ask questions....
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07-26-2005, 02:55 PM
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i dont know someone should make a website devoted to Burm's saying how many end up rescues and how big and sometimes mean they get.... then when the 'stupid' people that just want one for the heck of it, seach google or yahoo they will see that site, and maybe turn them away.
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07-26-2005, 03:09 PM
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Here is a link to something I was reading about burms.
http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Con...S=0&C=0&A=1254 |
07-26-2005, 03:36 PM
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Free Burms???!!!!??? Really?!? Where can I get one just for the heck of it?
(Just kidding.)
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07-26-2005, 03:38 PM
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My opinion is that people should start with medium sized colubrids, corns or kings, in pretty much all cases. I think RTBs are also unsuitable as first snakes. I get a lot of opposition to this viewpoint.
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07-26-2005, 03:51 PM
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I agree with you wreckwriter.
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07-26-2005, 04:25 PM
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That’s pretty sad. I have found through all of my readings on green iguanas that no matter how much you handle them and do all the proper up keep they still can be pretty aggressive. I have owned a couple of them growing up and what does the pet store always tell me that it is the greatest pet for a beginner. And I have to laugh at them knowing full well that they are full of it.
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