Quote Originally Posted by wolfy-hound View Post
First get rid of the idea that the burmese in the Everglades came from pet owners releasing their snakes.

Second, lay out a plan on paper of what you can take in, what species you cannot take in(ROC unless you can get a permit), what can you house, where can you quarentine... and how you'll pay for all of it?

Reptile rescues usually end up with a large number of animals they can't adopt out, either because the people who DO like/want them already have been given animals, or they don't have the facilities or permits or money to properly keep them.

If you take in ball pythons for instance, you'll need ot have a quarentine, and also a holding area to house XX ball pythons. The quarentine time starts ANYTIME a new animal has been brought in. So if you have 10 ball pythons that have been in quarentine for 5 months... and you want to take another one, you'll have 11 ball pythons in there for another 6 months.(or however long your quarentine is).

How many mice can you produce per week? Can you expand that if you grow? Can you breed and raise your own mealworms/crickets/feeders? How much bedding will you need per week? What will you do with the soiled bedding? What about an exotic vet? How will you cover vets bills, and at what point would you euthanize rather than treat?

Just trying to think of all the concerns to address before you suddenly get in over your head. All the little details that a lot of people here have addressed with their personal collectiosn would be relevant to your proposed rescue. Best of luck.
I cannot take in any more than 7-8 snakes at a time right now my house is only so large so any of this stuff your reading will not happen for another 2-3 years if i do this on my own. So all of these concerns about getting in over my head don't worry about it. Guess i should have mentioned that in the original post.