Rescuing snakes..who's done it?

[infernalis]

I seized my BP from a crack head....

I know a woman who does rescues, and it's heartbreaking.

People drop off animals near death, and many in need of urgent care, her bank accounts are constantly drained, and the only thing anyone ever wants to donate is sick, neglected or dying animals.

[Norm66]

Originally Posted by infernalis

I seized my BP from a crack head....

I know a woman who does rescues, and it's heartbreaking.

People drop off animals near death, and many in need of urgent care, her bank accounts are constantly drained, and the only thing anyone ever wants to donate is sick, neglected or dying animals.

This is all too true in any species rescue. My wife and I were involved in ferret rescue for a few years. At one point we had 11. It's very rewarding and heart-wrenching all at once. The trick is to stay involved only so long as you don't get burnt out or too calloused to the animals' plight.

The thing with rescuing snakes would be that they live so long. The oldest ferret we had was about 9 but most only made it 5-7 years while a lot of snakes live 20-30 years easily. Much more of a commitment IMO.

My friend who got me back into reptiles has a few rescues in her collection. Two BPs and her Burm Malakai (mentioned in a thread in the Giant Python section). We took in the 3rd BP and she's offered us Malakai, but we just don't have the room for such a big snake.