Snake Breeding Business - concerns. Opinions?
I wanted to start a topic just to clarify some things for me about the snake breeding business. As I noticed Mr Sully posted previously, there are a lot of people posting about breeding their snakes or even asking on like, yahoo answers and silly things like that... and I really worry about the care for these animals. I understand that reptiles are not affectionate (if that's the correct term, at least on a human level) but the obsession with new morphs seems super inhumane to me... like the spider gene. I mean there are a bunch of animals that seem to have serious health issues and they're also being bred en masse to create new visible morphs and it's great that hobbyists will keep so many but I also see tons of snakes on Craigslist and in pet stores...
I just find it a little bit freaky how many people are just constantly making and these snakes are having their health damaged at detriment. I also wonder what will happen to all of these snakes when they're massive and if their owners potentially pass on before they die. I mean it would be so difficult to find someone to take in a library of fully mature snakes. It just seems like there is this huge obsession with the bright bold patterns and colours on hatchlings and it kind of disgusts me. Yeah, they are fun to look at! Yeah, I think they are super pretty and I myself got a flashy morph as my first BP! But what about all those tons of normals?
I guess I'd love to hear some feedback from the side of a breeder or hobbyist who owns many snakes.I'm feeling concerned.
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