Big snakes, small enclosures.

[Egapal]

Hello all,

Just joined this forum, after perusing it for awhile. This subject is very important to me, as I can't seem to understand why breeders, with all of that money at their disposal, who can get tax write offs from constructing enclosures, choose to keep their giants in these god awful tubs. It's easy. It's inexpensive. Blah, blah. You've got nothing to do all day but take care of your animals, it's your job. Do it right.

Anyone who says these snakes don't need room and don't move have obviously never kept giants (or have much interaction with any of their snakes). If you have a giant, open the cage and leave it open. You will quickly see how much they like to move, and how often they do so. Now I am not actually recommending the mass release of giant snakes, just trying to make a point. Same holds true for any snake. Why do we try so hard to make our enclosures escape-proof? Because they will move...

Chris

Your posts shows a lack of understanding of business. The profit margine on raising snakes is very low. What makes you think they have a tremendous amount of money at their disposal. If a business sells 3 million dollars worth of snakes that means nothing if the cost of running that business is 2,970,000 dollars. Businesses have to take what little profit they do have at the end of the year and balance making money personally with growing the business. You make it sounds like taking care of animals is fun. My family has raised horses for generations. I have not carried on the tradition. You know why? There is no money in it, its 7 days a week. Although it is rewarding and some days are fun, there are only so many times you can do the same thing before its not fun anymore. Its work.

Although I would agree that Brian's giants need more room you have to remember that he realizes it too. He is working on it. You are transferring your human emotions to reptiles. You should be very careful when doing so. Animals and children want to run across the road without looking for traffic. What they appear to want to your eyes is not necessarily whats best for them. Go to your local mom and pop pet store and ask for a feeder mouse. Now try this at 10 other pet stores. Look at all of the conditions that all of the animals live in. Not everyone can live up to the standards that everyone else sets. Lets be happy that Brian takes such excellent care of his animals. Lets be thankful that he admits on camera that he needs bigger enclosures. He is truly one of the better ones.