Free Kittens = Snake Food ??????

[Highline Reptiles South]

the pets section of craiglist is filled with some of the craziest most unstable people i've ever seen in my life.

[purplemuffin]

haha, it's not limited to just the pets section of craigslist..

Sometimes when I'm bored, I just grab some popcorn and go surf craigslist. I swear, these people are NUTS!

[evan385]

It's kind of funny that they thought an albino burmese python is worth 20k xD

[MasonC2K]

If you wanna see some real gems, hit the "Best of Craigslist" link on the main page.

[evan385]

Thanks i'll do that lol

[wwmjkd]

I know there are better articles out there, but I really don't feel like searching for them. This is the first one that came up in the search: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairba...itive_loui.php

craigslist is entertaining, but if you're looking for a really good read, do a BOI search on fauna for high end herps. it's distressing to know about all the animals he kept in deplorable conditions, but that thread is absolutely unbelievable.

[Skittles1101]

Craigslist is so sad. I scour it when I'm bored, hoping I come across a sweet deal from an idiot, but I usually just end up closing the window and feeling sorry for all the poor "pythonz 4 sale" and "RED TAIL BOA!" for sale

Came across one today, guy says "berm python 4 sale, 6 feet long, hit me up" and leaves his number, yet has two pictures of a BCI boa with horribly stuck shed. Two COMPLETELY different species...it just gets old after a while. I'm actually thinking of boycotting craigslist, I feel so helpless, and I can't help them all

[Anya]

I have to admit, I'm a craigslist junkie. Marcelene came from a family I found on there that was moving, and there son had long since tired of her...

I've also gotten a pair of cockatiels from a woman who was working 2 jobs and pulling her hair out because she didn't feel like she even had time to properly care for them.

Not to mention when I was into pet rats, and found quite a few really beloved pets on there.

I've been really lucky and have had nothing but good experiences on CL, but I'm very careful about who I purchase and adopt from. I breaks my heart to see such stupid people doing stupid things on there. One guy was selling a dehydrated, malnourished bp that he was calling a Burmese! (not to mention selling it for at least $100.) CL, in my opinion, is a really, really useful tool. But like all tools, it can be severely abused. And anyone can use said tool, especially idiots.

Peta actually leaned on CL about their pet section....so I'm not surprised people are worried about snakes eating their kittens.

"Gerbils, hamsters, and young kittens are often acquired to be used as snake food."

http://www.craigslist.org/about/PETA

[evan385]

I have to admit, I'm a craigslist junkie. Marcelene came from a family I found on there that was moving, and there son had long since tired of her...

I've also gotten a pair of cockatiels from a woman who was working 2 jobs and pulling her hair out because she didn't feel like she even had time to properly care for them.

Not to mention when I was into pet rats, and found quite a few really beloved pets on there.

I've been really lucky and have had nothing but good experiences on CL, but I'm very careful about who I purchase and adopt from. I breaks my heart to see such stupid people doing stupid things on there. One guy was selling a dehydrated, malnourished bp that he was calling a Burmese! (not to mention selling it for at least $100.) CL, in my opinion, is a really, really useful tool. But like all tools, it can be severely abused. And anyone can use said tool, especially idiots.

Peta actually leaned on CL about their pet section....so I'm not surprised people are worried about snakes eating their kittens.

"Gerbils, hamsters, and young kittens are often acquired to be used as snake food."

http://www.craigslist.org/about/PETA

That is stupid, I hate PETA. I may be stealing this from another member but this is what I think of them.

....PETA

[Redneck_Crow]

Using cats for snake food....

Yup. I'm going to feed my ball python something that weighs more than she does and which has claws that could easily eviscerate her. After all, I paid $1000.00 bucks for her so I surely can't afford the price of a rat.........