Lets ALL be responsible

[pigfat]

Over the past few months I have been noticing a lot of posts about people just getting their first ball python. There is a lot of "I have my baby ball python in a 40 gallon tank, with a heat lamp, and a UTH and my ball is outside the hide all the time". When caring members on here ask about the setup, the new owner doesn't know the temps, humidity, theres no thermostat, and the enclosure is much too large while only having one hide.

It really kills me that people get a snake and havent researched how to care for it. Its just a pet peeve of mine now. I know that rush of getting a snake and getting into it before you have everything, I think a lot of us have been there. Its SOOO hard to wait to get one. Before I got my first ball, I did my research on here, and had my tank set up about 3 days before I got my ball. Now, I know I asked a lot of beginner questions about certain things, mainly on keeping humidity up without misting 500 times a day. But I think I was fairly well prepared for my snake.

So here is the reason I'm writing this post. I am planning on breeding my bp's in the future. I am doing it because I love my snakes and enjoy it, and it never hurts to make a little money from doing something you love. But I think there should be an even greater responsibility to breeders and future breeders. I ask that you be responsible enough to not make money your number one priority. I am going to make it my policy, that to buy a snake from me, you have to provide details of your enclosure, humidity, temps, heating types and if its regulated/unregulated. I know that none of us would keep our own snakes in an enclosure without any of these, so why would we sell an animal that we love to someone who doesnt have the proper setup? If we sell to someone that we know doesnt have a proper setup, we are no more responsible than the person we sold it to. It might not be the best thing to do, but I think its the RIGHT thing to do.