Quote Originally Posted by Ash View Post
I don't really understand why this is evoking such a negative reaction. :/ It seems pretty harmless to me. Lots of users on this forum list what snakes they have in their profile or in their signature (myself included), and no one's ever suggested that it's dangerous to put that information out there. I don't see how a registry would encourage a thief to try to steal from me any more than listing my snakes anywhere else would. It seems fairly benign to me.
Thank you! Having been registered on the corn snake forum for several years, I can tell you that it's been totally harmless and really pretty helpful sometimes. I do have a number of high-end corns registered.... but no one has ever tried to rob me. You are not required to list your street address or even your phone number. I don't, but I probably would if I had an actual pet shop. I just list an email address and a link to my website.

This is how the American Cornsnake Registry (ACR) has been useful to me:

1. I have used the registry list to help me locate other corn breeders when I am shopping for something specific. It's a nice directory with most of the top breeders listed. The breeders with website links provided are of course the easiest ones to shop with.

2. As a reptile business owner, I do get a number of inquiries from international shoppers (and I don't ship snakes internationally) as well as people who are not comfortable with having snakes shipped. The ACR world map is very handy for referring them to corn breeders closer to them. I have also had local customers that have found me because of that map.

3. Customers often like to see pictures of the parents of the baby snakes they are purchasing, and it's very handy to give them the parents' ACR numbers, so they can take a look online, and then I don't have to take new ones or try to dig up old pictures of snakes I may have sold. Last year I had a fatal hard drive crash and lost all of my snake pictures. It was really nice that I had the ACR pictures online as a back-up.

4. With all the recessive genes involved with corn snake breeding, the ACR is a great place to record everything your individual snakes are het for or any other genetic information you might otherwise forget over time.