Culling Healthy Animals

[rabernet]

I really like hearing the good stories about those guy finding good homes, and good on you for doing that, but I seriously doubt the above to be true. Now I don't know you, so I am not going to call you a liar, but you would be the ONLY Ball Python breeder I have ever met that does this for EVERY normal animal.

And even so, the point still remains. I'd bet within two years half of those animals are dead anyway.

S~

Stating that you seriously doubt it to be true IS calling me a liar.

I'd bet within two years all of them will be continuing to thrive in the homes of the people I placed them with. Why? Because they all contact me from time to time to give me updates on their animals. They are beloved pets for them. AND, they know that I'll take them back if they ever find they can't or no longer wish to care for them.

That's how I choose to run my small hobby business, and I won't produce a huge number of animals just because I can. I also happen to believe selective breeding is the future of ball pythons. Therefore, I may have some females ready to go, but they don't fit into that year's plans, because I don't think they compliment what I'm striving towards. Good for me, they get another year of maturity and growth until I'm ready to use them in a different project.

Some of the animals that I produce may not have monetary value, but their lives hold GREAT value to me. I have turned down more homes than I've accepted for my normal males. I keep most of my normal females, and those I let go, so far have gone to other breeders that I know personally.

Some of us really DO do this for the love of the animals and not the love of the dollar.