BallpythonZone.com Split - Wild caught BP

I suggest getting rid of the wild caught animal if you want to be a serious breeder. The first thing that you should do is buy quality animals from reputable breeders. Selective breeding should be your focus. Don't just breed any two animals.

Hope this helps.

I dont think he needs to get rid of his snake to be taken seriously, jeez people. Lets really start to cut him some freakin slack.

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

I dont think he needs to get rid of his snake to be taken seriously, jeez people. Lets really start to cut him some freakin slack.

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Really... Just because it's wild caught doesn't mean it won't be a good animal...

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

I suggest getting rid of the wild caught animal if you want to be a serious breeder. The first thing that you should do is buy quality animals from reputable breeders.

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Yeah, because the hobby is all about proving out already proven lines, which is why "serious" breeders never import new blood lines. Talk about your nonsensical advice.

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

I dont think he needs to get rid of his snake to be taken seriously, jeez people. Lets really start to cut him some freakin slack.

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I do! Personally, I will not deal with anyone that deals with wild caught ball pythons. Ditch the wild caught and buy quality captive bred animals. Just my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

I do! Personally, I will not deal with anyone that deals with wild caught ball pythons. Ditch the wild caught and buy quality captive bred animals. Just my opinion.

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That's a great attitude, ditch your WC Animals, hot damn I may want to tell some of my friends that..even though a few of them have Hypos, Pastels, and plenty of early-mid 2000 girls who were all WC and are all doing just fine. It's one thing not to agree with WCs and not participating yourself but don't tell people to ditch their animals, that's just wrong.

Regardless of what goes on in what you perceive as your little world, WC or not they're still a living animal.

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Originally Posted by AaronP

That's a great attitude, ditch your WC Animals, hot damn I may want to tell some of my friends that..even though a few of them have Hypos, Pastels, and plenty of early-mid 2000 girls who were all WC and are all doing just fine. It's one thing not to agree with WCs and not participating yourself but don't tell people to ditch their animals, that's just wrong.

Regardless of what goes on in what you perceive as your little world, WC or not they're still a living animal.

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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. My opinion is that wild caught should stay in the wild. We have enough ball pythons in the United States as it is. Tons of breeders are pretty much giving away their cb normal animals because there are a half-a-million ball pythons being imported into the United States every year. I will not support this or anyone else who does.

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. My opinion is that wild caught should stay in the wild. We have enough ball pythons in the United States as it is. Tons of breeders are pretty much giving away their cb normal animals because there are a half-a-million ball pythons being imported into the United States every year. I will not support this or anyone else who does.

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Are you serious?? Do you REALLY expect EVERYONE with wild caught BP's to ditch them all to be taken seriously? This is news to me! Apparently everyone I bought from isn't a "serious" breeder because they have some WC's in their collection. :rolleyes:

It is a living breathing animal that he cares for, you're really blowing smoke if you think that he HAS to get rid of his snake because it came from the wild.

One WC isnt going to set the tone of his reptuation in this hobby.

It would be like, "You have to get rid of all of your pet store bought animals, because they are captive hatched, to be taken seriously."

It's a fact of life, and purposely alienating a newbie because he bought a WC is a damn shame in my book. Good job Eddie for making him feel like crap. :gj:

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

It's a fact of life, and purposely alienating a newbie because he bought a WC is a damn shame in my book. Good job Eddie for making him feel like crap. :gj:

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I was actually trying to help. IMO, the best way to start a breeding business is to start with quality animals.

I am sorry if I made you feel like crap. It was not my intention.

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

I was actually trying to help. IMO, the best way to start a breeding business is to start with quality animals.

I am sorry if I made you feel like crap. It was not my intention.

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Well, I'm not trying to make you feel like crap Eddie, it just really rang a chord with me.

What I was trying to get at is that we aren't dealing with Rare Pythons here that bought 500 gravid WC females. He's a kid that got one snake from what I consider a less than upstanding seller (that ships snakes in envelopes) he shouldn't be told to get rid of a pet because of where it came from.

If he understood and knew the issues with WC's before he got the snake, that's one thing, but I don't believe he did, so I am forgiving of that. Because many of the snakes we as a hobby love likely were captive hatched, imported and sold in a major pet store. I know I almost bought a CH baby from Petco, and there are thousands of people that have that really love their pet.