any type of herp

[mr.paintball26]

edit:can get any type of her because I know a guy that sells so tell me what you want. I can maybe get you it. they have from corn snakes to water dragons from frill lizard to geckos anything. So tell me I can maybe and I say maybe get you an alligator

[Kara]

Ok. Get me...

References. Do you know how to pick out quality animals? Are you an approved shipper? Who is going to take the responsibility if something goes wrong with an animal acquired from your "friend" - you or him?

Also, have you checked to find out where it is & isn't legal to sell alligators? Many states have laws governing trade in crocodilians due to their potentially dangerous nature.

Additionally, and this isn't a stab, use spell check even if you have to cut & paste into a document that supports it, prior to posting. People will take you much more seriously if you correct your poor spelling as opposed to just apologizing for it.

All things to think about.

K

[Brandon.O]

who in there right mind would want a gator anyway ???

[BallPythonBabe448]

Lots of insane kids who this it is "cool".
Do they have crested geckos?
I am not trying to be mean, and I am not trying to cut you down or anything, but.....even if your spelling is bad, you could go through the post and correct all of the capitalization and puncuation errors, and then it is easier to read even if your spelling is bad. Just a suggestion. People will take you alot more seriously.

[Brandon.O]

Lots of insane kids who this it is "cool".

yeah i guess its the same with burms and retics, people just get em becuase they think ittl be cool to own somthing that big.

[gen]

Seriously, even though I'm a teacher I rarely look twice at anyone's spelling/punctuation/capitalization mistakes on message boards. I often probably make them myself, since I'm just typing quickly and not really checking.

But your posts are ridiculously HARD to read. Painful even. I know you are in high school. I have second graders in my class with severe learning disabilities who still know to put a capital at the beginning of a sentence and a period at the end of a sentence. Please make an effort so that it is easier for people to read and understand your posts.

Edit:
And I guess that's nice that you're trying to help people buy some herps, or help your friend's business, but as KLG said you should really think it through. And I don't know, you can correct me if I'm wrong, but I seriously doubt it's legal to own or sell alligators in California.

[chong_python]

I dont really agree with you guys saying that the only people that have crocodilians,burms and retics are kids who think they are "cool". I dont think thats the case at all. Although with the exception of a few. the majority of of keerpers are expirenced herpers. Only my oppinion,
but im sure the very expirenced herepers who do that for a living wouldn't appericate that being said.

[Brandon.O]

I agree but i think alot of people just buy those type of animals becuase they think it is "cool", not including the expirenced people.Im just talking about the people who rush into it, i dont mean EVERYONE who owns somthing like that does it for that reason.

[Kara]

I have retics, alligators & Burms AND do this for a living, but absolutely believe that a large percentage of folks who buy them do so as an impulse - especially for gators & Burms. Considering the number of donated/dumped animals we take in each year, the only species that rival Burms are green iguanas & red-eared sliders. Fortunately we don't get as many gators, but still have more dumped on us by people saying "it just got too big" than I'd like to see.

K

[Schlyne]

Yeah, I feel sorry for the iguana's whenever I see a bunch of babies in a pet store. Most people just don't realize how big they really get.

I can't imagine trying to take care of a full size burm. Gorgeous looking snake, but way to big for me. I think it'd be kinda cool to see one eat, though.