Do you find it hard to say good-bye to your snakes?

Ok, I am considering selling or trading some of my snakes and i’m finding it difficult to let them go. I got most of them as hatchlings and have enjoyed caring for and handling them. All of them have names and fit into the world of Wicked/Wizard of Oz in my mind lol. I’ve grown attached to them and worry about their care and futures in the hands of others. I know breeders do this all the time and other pet owners do too. Do u find it hard? i don't know how to explain it.

I just think I’ll miss their cute scaley puppy faces.

Hmmmm, when you are ready to sell that cherry bomb please let me know. I'll send you pictures every day so you don't miss it.

My girls always give me a hard time about selling babies. They want to keep everything. The rule is they don't get named unless they are staying. Seems to help.

I was so sad to have to sell my male hognose when I moved that once I was all settled in to my new life I contacted the guy that I sold him too and offered him more than he paid to buy him back... Luckily he said yes and I have my little Huffington back.

Right now I only have my two pieds and I can't imagine selling them. I'm very attached to them. However I have bought and sold close to 50 snakes over the years and I only regret letting go of a few of them. I have to admit that I have been much less emotionally attached to some than others.

Absolutely. The snakes could care less but it's hard not to get attached sometimes. You never really know how good the home will be but I'll occasionally offer large discounts on particular animals when the buyer impresses me with their enclosure and enthusiasm. I'm also not hesitant to deny a sale if I feel the snake would be going into a subpar environment.

The only snakes I've rehomed so far are babies I've produced, and those have all been local. Their new owners give me updates on them too. It helps knowing that they're well cared for and appreciated. I also make a point of not naming a snake I intend to rehome.

There are a few favorites that will never be rehomed unless circumstances get really dire, but that has nothing to do with morph, value, or even species.

The animals that I am sentimentally attached to are not animals that I would ever consider re-homing unless it was absolutely necessary. The others were acquired, produced with the knowledge that at some point they would be sold.

When you get in the business of selling animals or even feeding off animals you need to learn to have some emotional detachment, growing up I used to work at a farm every summer and this is something I learn very early on.

i feel very good that my BP went to a loving home. got an update on her this weekend and they are doing awesome! :gj:

(still miss her cute lil face tho.)

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Originally Posted by Ax01

Ok, I am considering selling or trading some of my snakes and i’m finding it difficult to let them go. I got most of them as hatchlings and have enjoyed caring for and handling them. All of them have names and fit into the world of Wicked/Wizard of Oz in my mind lol. I’ve grown attached to them and worry about their care and futures in the hands of others. I know breeders do this all the time and other pet owners do too. Do u find it hard? i don't know how to explain it.

I just think I’ll miss their cute scaley puppy faces.

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100%. I sold all the hatchlings from my first clutch except one fairly quickly. It took me about a year longer to sell the other one. It had something to do with its feeding habits (or lack thereof) but I grew attached and kept her far longer than I should have. It made it hard to let her go.

Right now I'm struggling with the idea of selling the first snake I ever purchased. He's a normal male ball python so he won't be useful as a breeder and I could really use the extra slot in the rack. I'm really struggling because I don't know if whoever takes him will take care of him like I do. I think I might offer him really cheaply to a good home that already has ball pythons and is knowledgable about their husbandry.


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This is why I have no interest in breeding. I KNOW that I could not let any of them go. :(

I have been thinking about selling my big albino girl lately. I think she is going on 6 breeding seasons with no eggs. Four years with another breeder an two with me. She reabsorbed last season and I am pretty sure she did this year also. I don't know if I can actually get rid of her though. She is a really good pet, but she eats like a pig.

I've had to give up animals in the past and I def didn't like it.

Yes, it would be very difficult.

If I could find a GOOD home, with someone experienced and enthusiastic I would give them away, rather then sell.

I would even consider a person that was relative new to the hobby. As long as they are the kind we sometimes find on here, the ones that ask the right questions and go about everything the right way.

My problem would be shipping. I would rather someone picked up, but that would be hard to find ;)

I have a problem trusting people. I think most people have good intentions, but when their lifestyle changes (a lot flop around finding themselves) then they put themselves first and that can make those who depend on them 2nd rate.
The pets I have, Pitbulls & Snakes will stay with me and that is why I have to be careful about going into things 1/2 cocked... If I gave a pet away and learned it Passed because someone was inexperienced or neglected it then I would have that in the back if my mind forever.. And I wont be responsible for cutting one of Gods creatures lives short because I gave away the responsibility.
If my life had changes that I couldnt help, health, a loved ones care ect... And I couldnt take care of them anymore, than that is totally another Ball game and we can only do the best we can under certain circumstances.

I couldn't imagine selling any of my snakes or beardie as I'm attached to them and like you, I got them as little tiny babies. The only snake I rehomed was Allison my JCP. I liked her but it just reached the point where anytime I reached in the cage, I stood a 50/50 chance of being tagged. After something bites your hand so many times, you just have to move on. But I also didn't get her as a baby so I didn't really have time to get as attached to her my other stuff.

Strange as it sounds, it's like waking up in the morning to the kids lol. I make my rounds opening doors, checking for poop, petting heads and bodies and usually fighting Caesar off with a twisted up paper towel hahaha.

Oh my gosh, I would have a house full of snakes if I bred them. I can't imagine letting one go :o I seriously love my guy, I fed him two days ago and split from school ASAP because I was so stoked to play with him (and this is not the first time). :please:

I had to rehome my frist bearded dragon. It was the bigest mistake i ever made. I got updates he was my frist reptile. I tryed owning other dragons but never the same

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I can relate to the pain of rehoming animals. I had a couple of kingsnakes that were very dear to me. I was at my capacity in terms of the number of critters I could keep but I really wanted more snakes. It was very hard parting with them but I knew that I preferred keeping larger snakes so I found a VERY good home for them to make room for 2 new critters. I still love and miss the kings but I'm very happy with my choice. I don't forsee any of my current crew going anywhere. :D

Letting snakes go has to be the hardest part of the hobby. When I decided to start breeding my pied I realized it'd go a lot smoother for me if I traded up a few of my morph girls for het pied versions. So I sold my spider and got a spider het pied, and sold my black pastel and got a black pastel het pied. I'll be able to produce visual pied combos now instead of just hets, and I love my new girls, but I still miss the ones I lost.

It's comforting to know they've found good homes. The lady who bought my spider girl talked about how excited she is to breed CG Spiders and I'm sure the clutch will be amazing. The lady who bought the black pastel seemed really taken with her too. I'm sure they'll both be just as loved and just as well taken care of as they would've been if I'd kept them.