Quote Originally Posted by angllady2 View Post
You should ask them when the last time was they saw a "socialized" BP on a leash at the park.

Ask them if they've ever seen your snakes or been in your home? How do they know what your snakes live in ?

If you are only adding to the problem, they should recommend and pay for having the snakes "fixed" to prevent more unwanted pythons.

If they think you are just going to re-sell it, why don't you ask them how long that snake has been waiting for someone to adopt it, and why if there are soooo many people out there waiting to "buy" this snake from you one of them hasn't adopted it before now.

I hate narrow minded people.

Gale
That about killed me!

They are really narrow minded. I'll have to bring those points up next time I go to the shelter or send an email! All great points

Quote Originally Posted by el8ch View Post
lol, I'm imagining an off-leash Snake Park right now... So many social and happy snakes.

But really... I have owned and had the opportunity to work with animals for my entire life (farms / animal hosptials) and not once has an 'unwanted' animal been refused to a good home. I myself am a firm believer in adoption and have enough barn cats to prove this. The politics behind the operation of many shelters is ridiculous and leads to the destruction of so many good and loving animals.

Its a shame that a small group of individuals who have abused the system have ruined it for the rest of us.
No kidding. Gosh, now I feel like a terrible owner, I should be talking my snakes in public terrifying people so my snakes don't get depressed in their tiny plastic tubs. I wouldn't want my snakes to become food aggressive, snake aggressive, or bite someone because they were never socialized!