Quote Originally Posted by Repsrul View Post
I do not consider myself an animal hoarder by any means. I just thought it would be an interesting topic.
Yes I do have 40+ snakes and they are all well taken care of. I check on all of them every day. They all eat or at least get offered food every week, even my gravid females. If I was not able to accommodate all of my animals needs I would not have them. When I bought my house my fiance and I made the decision to build up our collection. Breeding reptiles was a dream of mine since I was very little. I have always had some type of reptile or amphibian. But I was always limited to what I could have to do living with my parents or when I had my own apartment space and funds. Now I own my own house and have a very well paying job I am going for it. I am lucky enough to have a fiance who also has a great paying job and loves these animals almost as much as I do.
I apologize if you thought I was trying to say you are a hoarder, I was just trying to get across that maybe we could use some guidelines to separate what we consider hoarding and what is within reasonable bounds of collecting/breeding/being a hobbyist.