SO, after first being introduced to the world of snake keeping a year ago, I am up to housing 14 snakes and myrid of other critters. I *love* coming home each day and taking care of them all. There is always something going on, someone to feed, a spider molt, you name it. I get a lot of joy and satisfaction from it. During the past year, I also decided to adopt or rescue...i have a spider and about half my snakes that I have done this with.
We got two of them from the pound, and they were in very sorry condition. It was the hubby that started it! He thought of it, I guess, and saw them there. My heart went out to them...the two week old photos showed emaciated and half shed animals. I went out and took them into my home. I made a quarentine area upstairs, away from all my other snakes, and we set to work on healing them.
SO, fast forward to today. I find that I am probably at my limit as far as room for snakes. I was down to zero space before we went and spent a fortune at the last reptile show (beg of jan) and upgraded tanks. It's been cheaper to do tanks, and UTH's for us. Plus, we like to see all the animals...who hoard in our living room, so racks weren't something we were considering.
SO, now that i'm satisfied with everyone's space, i and i have a coulple heaters and small tanks extra...i thought "Good, i'll be ready to adopt another needy snake when the time comes!"
but the truth is..i feel like i'm full. The upstairs snakes haven't truly been quarentined for as many months as i wanted them to be, because i ran out of space and had to move some spiders, and two more snakes up there.
At the pound right now, there is a cute, sad little baby ball python. I am to the point that even though i know i could go down there and pay the ten dollar fee to get that snake, i know i shouldn't.
I guess i'm posting this, because there has been a bit of a row about someone else doubling up on space with their snakes, and not having equipment to house them all. I don't want to be facing that issue. I would never double up my snakes, because that is unhealthy for them, and potentially dangerous because they are solitary animals. I'm just reminding myself (and looking for backup) that it's not a good idea to get another snake, when logically it would be pushing the limits of my means.
Of course it's a worthy cause, which makes me feel justified in doing it. But the facts are, i have been greedy in purchasing snakes, so now i don't have the means to rescue one...i'm just feeling bad!
I mean sure, i could grab my spare 10 gallon tank, and stick a few things in it, and shove it at the foot of my bed, but realistically that's not fair to my other snakes, and it's not worth contaminating them.
I wanted to do snake rescue! I think that's kind of a fail, though, when you keep everything you rescue, and don't adopt it out *lol* then you run into this.
So, here is me being forced to exercise restraint
boo! Encourage me! lol
I am going to keep an eye out though...if that little snake doesn't get adopted, i may have to rethink things, since the conditions there at the pound have been terrible for reptiles.
Threaded Mode