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Need Corns

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jdsr917

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Hello all, so today i was at a local pet shop and talking to the guy about this site and all. So he said to me if you can get some free corns he will breed them supply me with cage, food and everything i need and will help me learn about breeding.
So basically any corns you have that your looking to get rid of please feel free to contact me.

If i do end up breeding i will sell on here for cost of shipping dont care to make money from this !

Thanks !
 
Orrrrrr you might research the keeping and complete care of the species.....buy Kathy's book, read it at least 3 times cover to cover...then research morphs and genetics...then actually buy a pair of healthy well bred hatchlings from a reputable breeder, and go from there......

just sayin'.........
 
starsevol said:
Orrrrrr you might research the keeping and complete care of the species.....buy Kathy's book, read it at least 3 times cover to cover...then research morphs and genetics...then actually buy a pair of healthy well bred hatchlings from a reputable breeder, and go from there......

just sayin'.........
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what she said :)
 
I actually have been doing alot of research for the past 6 months but i want some hands on experience! ! !

I dont want sick snakes, if they are trouble feeders thats fine ..

Thanks for the useless comments !!!:flames:
 
Sounds to me like all you want is something for nothing......

If you really think a reputable breeder is into selling sick snakes, you really are quite misguided......
and relying on a "pet shop guy" really is not the way to go......
 
If you want to learn about breeding, ask questions here. There's many threads detailing the process. If you want to learn about care, get a pair of well established hatchlings to raise up to breed, and some out-of-eggers to learn to deal with neonate care, non-feeding, etc.
 
Thanks for the useless comments
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Well I'm not sure what you expect.

You've made recent posts saying that you're looking to buy Corns and have been put in touch with some reputable breeders in your area. Now all of a sudden you want them for free? What's changed? If the prices are too high for you, then you need to think twice about whether you can afford to keep Corns. Unexpected vet bills are always a possibility.

If you're asking on behalf of your shop keeper friend as a source of breeding stock (as your post seems to imply - the wording's a bit confused as to whether he'll be keeping/breeding them or you will) then he should be capable of purchasing healthy feeders for himself.

Your approach does read as being a little bit cheeky. I don't go into my local supermarket and ask for free groceries.

And problem feeders are really no place for a beginner. I doubt anyone here would want to send them to someone who has no experience of Corns at all.
 
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I got an offer from a guy who works at the pet store to breed some corns and teach me how to do it !....

I did originally want a nice corn for myself but with this opportunity i would much rather take this route. This guy is NOT a first time breeder he has done it b4 and owned this pet store for 35 years. He stopped selling corns 4 years ago and gave away most of what he had. Reason being they were hard to sell.

So now with that said i know people on here have some hard feeders and he is willing to take them on and teach me what he knows. He does not plan on selling anything if anything he knows people who will give them good homes when he breeds in a few years ..

As for money in all honesty i have plenty but i rather just not spend a whole lot on my first corn and if i can put this together then im set and i can become a great contributing member to this site over time !

Thats it !
 
He knows 10 to 25 people who want baby corns? Each year? Baby corns that, if they come from non-feeders or hard-feeders would have an increased chance of being non-feeders and hard-feeders as well?

No, it's a bad idea to breed using snakes like that.

If you don't want to spend a lot on your first corn... get a normal, amel, anery, or ghost. Browse craigslist for corns that people are selling in your area.
 
So you're asking for free Corns for an experienced Corn breeder who owns a pet store, and who stopped breeding 4 years ago because he couldn't make money from them. Glad to have that clarified. Perhaps he should be asking for himself? Not many people would pass on Corns to someone they've never had any contact with, via someone with no experience of them.

He's now going to keep and breed Corns, purely in order to show you how to do it and will essentially be looking for people to "rescue" anything he produces rather than selling them? That doesn't sound sensible.

How will he cover the costs? Once he gets these snakes feeding reliably, they'll be eating for 15+ years. Never mind the cost of housing, heating and feeding hatchlings, which he already knows he'll have trouble shifting. That's 15+ new Corns each year if he only has one pair - does he seriously know that many people who will take on Corns from him?

Perhaps you should ask him to sign up here and explain directly how all of this is going to work for him. The way I understand it, he's going to lay out long-term money with no hope of even recouping his costs, just to teach you how to breed. I hope you'll forgive me for observing that this doesn't sound likely.
 
Well, OF COURSE you would rather go this route. To get animals for free, all the equiptment and food they need for free, and not have to do a thing without someone there to hold your hand, helping you breed animals that he stopped selling himself 4 years ago...because...they don't sell!!! LOL

Yup, atta way to becoming a contributing member to a forum all righty........
 
Honeslty he has pleanty of experience and im sure he knows what he is doing ! ....

I dont care for a cheap corn since i could get a pair for 80 shipped or a nice Blood for a little more ...

I just want to learn (hands on) and i have a chance so why not ?
 
bitsy said:
So you're asking for free Corns for an experienced Corn breeder who owns a pet store, and who stopped breeding 4 years ago because he couldn't make money from them. Glad to have that clarified. Perhaps he should be asking for himself? Not many people would pass on Corns to someone they've never had any contact with, via someone with no experience of them.

He's now going to keep and breed Corns, purely in order to show you how to do it and will essentially be looking for people to "rescue" anything he produces rather than selling them? That doesn't sound sensible.

How will he cover the costs? Once he gets these snakes feeding reliably, they'll be eating for 15+ years. Never mind the cost of housing, heating and feeding hatchlings, which he already knows he'll have trouble shifting. That's 15+ new Corns each year if he only has one pair - does he seriously know that many people who will take on Corns from him?

Perhaps you should ask him to sign up here and explain directly how all of this is going to work for him. The way I understand it, he's going to lay out long-term money with no hope of even recouping his costs, just to teach you how to breed. I hope you'll forgive me for observing that this doesn't sound likely.
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His parents passed away a couple of years ago and left with Pleanty of money so that is no issue, as for giving them away when i was in the store today about 30 ppl who walked in said they would love to take them off his hands when he starts again !

Anything else ? you want his social ?

Never really been a member on a site where all people want to do is try make you out to a bad person !
 
Jdsr917, when coming to the bargaining table, one should never come empty-handed and expect to walk away, hands and pockets full.
It is all in the approach.
Research, erudition, and legwork first.
And by research, I mean to include 'finding out how most other people got their first snake(s)'.
I've never known a single car salesman to be talked out of a free car, anymore than I've heard of a MacDonald's giving away free hamburgers.
 
vetusvates said:
Jdsr917, when coming to the bargaining table, one should never come empty-handed and expect to walk away, hands and pockets full.
It is all in the approach.
Research, erudition, and legwork first.
And by research, I mean to include 'finding out how most other people got their first snake(s)'.
I've never known a single car salesman to be talked out of a free car, anymore than I've heard of a MacDonald's giving away free hamburgers.
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I agree 100% I guess i should look at that fact that most of these ppl do care ALOT about these animals and dont want someone out there breeding a bad batch and causing problems for the breed ! ...
 
I really think he should be buying/sourcing his own Corns. Being an ex-breeder and owning a shop for 35 years, he must have better ways of finding healthy breeding stock then sending you onto the internet to look for freebies and/or problem feeders.

If you really want hands-on experience, you need to own a Corn yourself. If you don't feel confident to own your own, then maybe you should wait a year and see how you feel come next summer?
 
i was in the store today about 30 ppl who walked in said they would love to take them off his hands when he starts again
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Wow, that's a high volume pet store! My local specialist reptile shop doesn't get 30 people through the doors in a *week* who want Corns.

How come he couldn't sell them four years ago, if the local population is so all-fire keen on them now?
 
It was my idea to check here first ... I figured alot of you had corns you wouldnt mind giving to another home since alot of you own... Maybe i did come about this the wrong way but i felt it was this was a great forum after all the help i had recieved but im unsure anymore .
 
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