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Big Snake Puppy Mills

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Here’s an example of the puppy mill conditions snakes in America get from many breeders today, and this video is by one of the country’s best breeders (and a pal of mine).  The Burmese python dubbed Satan in this vid is in a reprehensibly small container for its size.  If hobbyists lose the ability to keep reptiles in America it will be because of a combination of inappropriate species sold to amateurs (most often “huge pythons”) and inhumane caging for the sake of volume collecting or commercial-scale breeding…  Sorry, Brian. As one of the country’s leading thinkers on reptile husbandry, “Big Responsibility” is yours, too.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, April 7th, 2011 at 6:24 pm and is filed under Bullshit, Principles, Reptiles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “Big Snake Puppy Mills”

  1. JL Says:
    May 4th, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    I couldn’t agree with you more, Bryan. Those 10″ tall drawers might be the right size for a hide, but certainly not as the sole enclosure. At least the Europeans generally seem to be more forward thinking than Americans when it comes to cage sizes.

  2. Bryan Christy Says:
    May 11th, 2011 at 9:01 am

    I agree JL. Inadequate cage size is the dirty little secret of reptile husbandry.