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More big snakes at Repticon this year

Alli_Draggy

Alli_Draggy

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I was wondering if that was the case at other shows-there were multiple breeders with retic babies, Hogg Island boas, Dumeril's boas, plus BCC and BCI. I can't recall seeing so many big snakes. There were also more monitor and tegu hatchlings than in past years.
 
Went to the show in Manchester NH and there were more of the big snakes than smaller, same for the one in Brockton MA in the fall.


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It could be a result of the recent restrictions which have been placed on out of state sales of large snake species. Breeders who usually breed a certain number of large snakes and then distribute them by shipping them out of state, are now being forced to sell all of their babies in state. I'm sure it's a lot more difficult to sell a good sized clutch of retics in your own state only.

In future years I'm guessing large snake breeders wills start catching on and drastically reduce or stop breeding their large snakes all together. It's an unfortunate result of the new legislation, and it means we're probably going to see most if not all of the large constrictor species disappear from the hobby all together, but in the meantime there are going to be a lot of homeless and unwanted baby snakes out there. Hopefully the majority of them can find responsible homes before they have to be euthanized.

Hopefully the BCC and BCI will manage to stay off the lists altogether.
 
xStaticSnow said:
It could be a result of the recent restrictions which have been placed on out of state sales of large snake species. Breeders who usually breed a certain number of large snakes and then distribute them by shipping them out of state, are now being forced to sell all of their babies in state. I'm sure it's a lot more difficult to sell a good sized clutch of retics in your own state only.

In future years I'm guessing large snake breeders wills start catching on and drastically reduce or stop breeding their large snakes all together. It's an unfortunate result of the new legislation, and it means we're probably going to see most if not all of the large constrictor species disappear from the hobby all together, but in the meantime there are going to be a lot of homeless and unwanted baby snakes out there. Hopefully the majority of them can find responsible homes before they have to be euthanized.

Hopefully the BCC and BCI will manage to stay off the lists altogether.
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Very true. Good post.
 
If it weren't that I know just how big those baby retics get, I might have brought one home. There were some pretty babies, and seemed very nice, easily handled snakes. But I'm in no way, shape, or form ready for anything that big!
 
xStaticSnow said:
In future years I'm guessing large snake breeders wills start catching on and drastically reduce or stop breeding their large snakes all together. It's an unfortunate result of the new legislation
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That was their goal, after all. I don't 100% disagree with the restrictions, either, although every fiber of my being distrusts the government.

I'll also say that I also saw more large breeds of snakes at both Pomona and Repticon this year. I loved seeing some baby burms at Pomona. TONS of retics at both shows. Good stuff.
 
Retics are not currently restricted.

People are producing more because they realize you can have mainland animal and keep it manageable in size.
 
Big snakes are all the rage here. Lots of retics, dumerils, green and yellow anacondas, and burmese.
 
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