How is Covid affecting your hobbie?

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I've personally played it very cautious with the pandemic, doing lots of grocery curbside pick-up & ordering supplies online- ie. following suggested guidelines to keep my distance. It's definitely a bad time to be trying to buy live animals.

Curb pick ups are the same here for groceries, but they do that with snakes too.
Most uk reptile couriers deliver once a month. (we are not really allowed to used unlicensed 24 hour couriers).
I waited 3 months for one delivery because of specialist couriers going out of business due to covid, and the seller having to then book others, and when I got it, the snake was placed on the ice cold floor outside my house. with no bell ring.
I found it later really cold in its box. I had to spend 24 hours gradually warming up the ball python so it wouldn't be shocked by a rapid temperature rise. Luckily it was ok.