Quote Originally Posted by spitzu View Post
Even if you could get a sizable lone (doubtful without collateral), I wouldn't advise it. Most people start small and add snakes/racks/experience as they can.

You stated that you're ready to breed, but how is your wife? Your statement was kind of vague, but I gather that she let half of your snakes die? I may be reading too much into this, but the comment "she did not have the know-how to keep up with my collection" sounds a little like a BS excuse for neglect to me. BPs are hardy animals. They don't die all that easily and there is a crapload of husbandry information available all over the place if one cares to look. Maybe you should utilize the time it takes to build up your collection to involve your wife so that you don't lose half of your snakes again the next time you deploy?
Apologies for the double reply, but I just wanted to bust out that reply as fast as possible, so people wouldn't read that and think that my wife or myself neglect my animals, because that couldn't be further from the truth. I was approved for a pretty substantial loan, but the term of it would extend outside of my EAOS from active duty, so I declined. It's honestly not a matter of if I have money to spend or not, because I do, but we are also saving up for when we both get out of the service, and can survive for 1-2 years while we move home, look for jobs, get settled, etc. It's basically a priority to save money for long term "family" plans, and my Snakes/Her Chickens,Ducks,Turkeys come up second. I was just trying to discover/listen to other peoples routes on if they took out loans, or just set aside $300-500 per pay day, and bought as they needed it. I have racks, really nice ones, and Herpstats. I just need to fill them up with Females. That's probably what I should have said. That's the main focus of what I'm looking to spend on. I have 10 open adult tubs, that are empty, and I'm looking to fill them. I could take $5000 out of savings, and fill them, but then I would be taking away from my "family" funding, and I need to avoid it.