thinning collection down alittle :-D

MAG_Pythons · #1 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 03:10 AM

Hey ya'll i have 4 snakes that i'd be interested in finding new homes for. I'd be interested in trading for cages ... lol thats mainly it, but if you have somthing else, Shoot me a PM or if you would just want to buy them, i really need a BIG cage for a Big Boa (my nic is a lil too big for the cage she's in) / burm

#1 - Male Juvinile boa - about 3.5 - 4 feet long

#2 - Male Ball Python - no pic yet

#3 - Female JCP/Jungle Cross - about 6 feet long and very very pretty

... she's the dark yellow and black.

#4 - Taiwanese beauty snake

- about 2 feet long - eats a rat fuzz every week and he's growin like a weed

louise · #2 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 04:19 AM

arn't you gonna feel bad getting rid of your pets to get others? not slamming you but that just confuses me.

JuliusSqueezer · #3 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 04:24 AM

I'm having a really hard time understanding the boa thing. Getting rid of one boa so you can drive to NC to get another one? I'm lost. Thinning a collection is one thing, thinning to make room for more that you aren't even sure you want to keep...is something you really need to do some soul searching about.

Adrya · #4 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 04:26 AM

I was wondering the same thing. I mean you JUST bought the BP, Taiwanese and RTB and you're just letting them go like that for more bigger snakes that require more food? The BP, Taiwanese and RTB were better off just staying at the petstore where someone else could buy them and keep them for a long time.

And I'm also wondering... if you're trying to make money off of these snakes to get cages and possibly more snakes, and you can't get enough money to make a cheaper cage with plexi for doors, then how can you possibly afford to buy food for the new boa and female burm when it gets to be an adult? and you're supposedly saving up for an albino or DH sunglow or sunglow..?

That just doesn't work.

As I similarly stated yesterday to what Brett said, you need to sit and think for awhile.

louise · #5 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 04:41 AM

thanks guys that is what i was trying to say but i am so bad at expressing what i am trying to say. but what brett and adrya said is what i was trying to get at.

Adrya · #6 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 04:56 AM

So you should either stick with the snakes you have and not get the boa and burm, or only stick with a few snakes if you can't afford to keep all of them by yourself if/when you go off to college, or right now for that matter if you're having trouble getting enough money to buy enough food for them. Doesn't matter if you work at McD's without a degree, that's not enough to buy or rent a place, pay utilities, pay for a car, or pay for repairs on a hand-me-down car, and care for all those snakes at the same time. And your daddy and sister aren't gonna want your load of snakes dropped onto them when you go off by yourself if you can't take your animals with you. They don't need to pay the expenses of food with their own money for YOUR snakes.

ChristopherD · #7 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 05:00 AM

Well... I am sure she has a reason for doing this, and it really isn't my place to question her about it. If I am not correct I thought she was trying to get rid of the carpet for a while. And maybe she is sick of a somewhat grumpy beauty snake. I don't know...

I don't think she NEEDS to do anything... It isn't common on this site, but there are a LOT of people around here who get snakes and only keep them for a small amount of time before trading for something else. I know a lot of people who do that with dogs, cats, houses, cars, everything.

louise · #8 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 05:06 AM

well christopher it isn't something i do. when i get a snake as a pet and not a rescue it is here to stay.

louise · #9 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 05:08 AM

another thing is do you think she will be able to get rid of a burm so easy cause it is grumpy or she wants something else? a burm has to be a life long commitement. what happens when the burm is to large for her?

ChristopherD · #10 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 05:09 AM

I am not saying it is something I do, I am just saying it is common practice, and that I kinda disagree with someone telling someone else they NEED to keep a snake.

ChristopherD · #11 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by louise

another thing is do you think she will be able to get rid of a burm so easy cause it is grumpy or she wants something else? a burm has to be a life long commitement. what happens when the burm is to large for her?

I don't know, it honestly just depends on where she is at. There isn't a burm problem around here, and there is ALWAYS someone who would love to take in a giant burm.

louise · #12 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ChristopherD

I am not saying it is something I do, I am just saying it is common practice, and that I kinda disagree with someone telling someone else they NEED to keep a snake.

but a snake like a burm they do need to keep. placing burms in GOOD homes is not easy. pets are suppose to be a lifetime commitment

amercnwmn · #13 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 05:19 AM

This is not something I was going to reply to, as Im finding it hard to not sound like Im coming down really hard on you.

I seriously think the female burm is a mistake.
You seriously should take a step back and re read your posts since you joined in June you have acquired at least 6 new snakes. Not that there is a problem with that in itself. When you joined you tried to sell your Carpet pythons for $800? was it? I cant recall exactly. Then you got a male? ball python...is that the same one that got out when you were at a show? The same show you got 3 RTBs from Refused? Then you got another snake either the Taiwanese Beauty or the 5ft RTB from that one lady for $50
My point is, have any of them been quarantined properly? No, you havent had them long enough. One thing about "rescues" is quarantine.

The real warnings start sounding with the preceding threads re:

First you claimed you were "rescuing" this burm and boa, and that when you go to "colledge" your dad and siblings will care for the snakes. That may be well and true, but college is several years, and after college is a tough time for a young woman starting out.

Then you claimed you didnt want to use plexi because of the cost. Buying enough plexiglass for a cage is nothing compared to feeding a large snake.
Now you are liquidating your snakes that you JUST acquired, no quarantine time put into them, so you can afford to get a proper cage.

You claimed you would just find the snake a new home if necessary, and no offense, but I dont see Refused being able to come down every time that snake poops, or needs to be moved for some reason.

All the acquisitions and spontaneous actions seem rather irresponsible, just my opinion.
Again I am going to suggest that perhaps you pass on the burm and find someone else who may be willing to take it. Sometimes with rescues, you dont even have to personally house the snake, you can network and find a home without having to relocate or refinance anything.

louise · #14 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Again I am going to suggest that perhaps you pass on the burm and find someone else who may be willing to take it. Sometimes with rescues, you dont even have to personally house the snake, you can network and find a home without having to relocate or refinance anything.

i agree with this 100%.

louise · #15 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 05:26 AM

mag you and everybody else knows how much i want a burm but for a lot of us it just isn't feasible

muzixman · #16 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 06:43 AM

OK lets be nice everybody

. But I still have a snake for sale I no longer want to keep $25 shipped.
I really need to move this snake J/K LOL

muzixman · #17 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 06:45 AM

Sorry, MAG you need to do some soul searching. JMO

MAG_Pythons · #18 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 10:44 AM

no i didn'tJUST get them ... and the TBS is not my favorite snake ..... my Pets are bongo, the balls i got from Nate and so on (this ball is NOT the one i just got frome Nate) .....

I do have the money to pay for a plexi glass gage i asked about the mesh just to see if it would work, never did i day i can't afford plexi glass, i said it was expensive sompaired to mesh wiring .... i wish wou guys would figure out what your talking about b4 you just start slamming me any whatnot.

"Sorry, MAG you need to do some soul searching. JMO"

you really don't know me and my intentions so please don't make a comment like that to me, you've never met or talked to me so please get to know me b4 you say that

ALSO i'm not trying to sell these snakes ... do you see them in the classifides? No. The JCP i've been trying to find a home for for a while as well as the ball and boa ...

maybe ya'll should so some "soul searching" and figure out that your views don't apply to every1 else, is it really a horrible thing to want to find a beeter home for my JCP when my other one got sick and i don't want to breed them anymore ... kihanna is a really nice snake and maybe some1 else on this site would want her for breeeding purposes, or as a beautiful display snake .... Or is horrible to find my young male boa a home either - i was just posting this hoping that MAYBE some1 would want a pet or what not, i'm not trying to make money off of them ... if i NEVER get rid of one of them, i would be fine with it, so w/e.

i should have known better than to post this b/c ya'll all flock in a heard on your ideas and when some1 stands out you bash them, and i thank you christopher b/c you were the closest on what you were saying.

w/e this is rediculeus and i have to go to school.

MAG_Pythons · #19 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by louise

another thing is do you think she will be able to get rid of a burm so easy cause it is grumpy or she wants something else? a burm has to be a life long commitement. what happens when the burm is to large for her?

the burm won't get "too large" for me, i'm fully aware of how big a burmese python can get ... and just so you know, i won't be looking for a home for it in 10 years, i already found the best possable home for her, when a spot frees up, she'll be going to her new home. so please don't redicule me for somthing of which you don't know the whole story

and BTW out of my snakes these are the ONLY ones that i would ever CONSITER getting rid of, te rest are with me for life

ChristopherD · #20 (**permalink**) 08-30-2006, 01:22 PM

I do agree, tellin her to do some soul searching was a bit un-called for. I don't see why that was brought up. Maybe do some thinking, but soul searching is you telling her she is a bad person, and I do not think she is.

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