Quote Originally Posted by Austin236 View Post
OK i should have said this in my original post. I AM NOT STARTING THIS BY MYSELF OR ANYTIME SOON. This is an IDEA its that simple, i would never jump into something this huge and expect to have everything i need. This will not happen even if i had enough money to do so for at a minimum of 3-4 years fro planning etc. I know i need a large building with many many rooms for breeding feeders, for quarantine, housing for all kinds of reptiles, etc etc. Yes no doubt i am doing it small scale still but i only have 5 animals at a time if i get more they are adopted out the same day or given to my friends at Strictly Reptiles Inc. So please don't start spamming me with oh you need permits or don't do this don't do that, do you have this or that. I KNOW WHAT IT WILL TAKE thank you for your concern but i know what i will need. It isn't gonna happen over night, so sorry if i made it seem like i was just jumping into this right away.
I'm a little confused. In your original post you said this is what you want to do, but here you say that's not what you want to do. which is it?

What was the purpose of your post if you don't really want to start a reptile sanctuary?

Still confused.


Quote Originally Posted by Austin236 View Post
I live in South Florida and i am trying to start a reptile sanctuary so people can bring in there snakes or lizards or amphibians they do not want anymore, so they don't feel the need to go let them go in a park or in the everglades etc. I believe if this was around before the reptile bans, we wouldn't have a problem with burms etc in our ecosystem and we wouldn't have these new laws. So i have been starting slowly by posting adds on Craigslist.com for unwanted reptiles. Guess what?? Ive received 5 ball pythons a savannah monitor and a beardy in the last month and a half, seems pretty darn effective to me. Now turn that into something big and get a building to house a lot of reptiles and advertise on TV and that will solve our reptile problem. So the more people willing to help maybe we all can make this a reality.
I know I shouldn't pick on your posts, but you sounded like you were ready to start this sanctuary, now you think 3-4 years is what's needed.

I guess I shouldn't have told you what you already knew, but you sounded like some pie in the sky idealist and I just wanted you to see the reality of trying something like this.

Good luck in 3-4 years!
Jim Smith