Quote Originally Posted by JoshJP7 View Post
Im with Markus 110% here... If you have the ability to give your snake more room while still meeting requirements you should do so. Im sure everyone on here gets sad when they go to the dog pound and see dogs stuck in cages... Going off the information found throughout this thread why do you feel bad? They have food... they have water... they could breed... the animals are happy right? Far from the truth... I know someone will chime in and say a dog isnt a snake but my question is why does it matter? Just bc it can live, eat, grow, breed in a small tub doesnt make it the best possible living conditions. I will keep all my adult females in a 4x2x1.5ft cage... when I no longer have room for these will I then move to racks? Naw ill stop buying/breeding snakes!
And you know why those dogs are separated and on concrete?? Because most, if not all, aren't vaccinated and have internal parasites. In order to keep diseases from passing, concrete is used as it is easy to sterilize with a high heat pressure washer. Puppies are carriers of Parvo, and when whole litters of puppies are in the shelter, and one across the way has Parvo or Distemper, how do you expect the caretakers to sterilize the area if the animals are kept in open fields of grass or dirt? It's not possible. One shelter in our area has proven that, as they keep their animals in large fenced in areas of grass/dirt and have a MASSIVE problem with disease and internal parasites. I prefer clean and sanitary myself..

But anywho! Good luck with that!