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Was it sad to sell your first snake?

What were your thoughts towards selling snakes in the beginning and now?

  • It was tough...but it got easier

    Votes: 6 18.8%

  • It was tough...and still is

    Votes: 7 21.9%

  • The snakes don't seem to mind, so why should I?

    Votes: 7 21.9%

  • I've never had to part with a snake

    Votes: 10 31.3%

  • I still have some of my first snakes

    Votes: 8 25.0%

  • There are snakes I regret selling

    Votes: 6 18.8%

  • Other

    Votes: 3 9.4%
  • Total voters
    32
Calift

Calift

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Of course I know we all wish we could keep them all, but there just isn't enough tubs, time and money for all the beautiful reptiles out there....I'm not planning on selling anytime soon, but I was just curious on your feelings towards selling snakes (you had at one time planned to keep) in the beginning and whether those emotions have changed over the years. :wavey:
 
I still have our first snakes, that are still alive...
They are part of the family, so even though they don't fit into any projects, they get to stay...
 
It really depends on the reason for selling... if you have to sell them because you can't take care of them or are forced to... it doesn't really feel too good.
However, if, like me, you try to keep several snake species until you find the ones you like... you might find the experience far less painful and at some cases you can actually be relieved if you sell a snake you really want to get off your back.

I didn't really have too many choices here, I couldn't really try and get enough husbandry experience without actually buying the snake- so I had a California Kingsnake, A ball Python and a Green Tree Python- and I can't say I was too sad with selling them... The GTP was actually a relief because I grew weary of the very high maintenance of her, added with really just... aggressive disposition...
Sometimes keepers have to get hands on experience, and the only way to do so in some places, is to actually keep one.

It all boils down to circumstances.
I have yet sold offspring I hatched/bred so... that will probably not be that easy on me
 
When I started breeding gecko I actually cried shipping my first one off,lol Honestly, there are geckos I regret selling, while others I was not as attached to, some I kinds still miss, and others I don't. No one size fits all answer for me:)
 
Thanks for the answers so far....I love reading everyone's experiences.

PS....you can vote more than once! :p
 
selling first snake, as in the first snake you ever owned and cared for. or just the first time you sold any snake. i say it depends. i would never sell anything with a name to it unless it came down to necessity to keep the animal alive if i could no longer care for it. hope that never happens though and it shouldnt.

but also if you mean first snake you ever sold, i wouldnt be so upset if i bred and hatched out or birthed some snakes and sold them. im not gonna be in it for the money. or as brian b of bhb reptiles says on the movie herpers. somewhere along the lines of " i dont breed snakes for money, but im not ashamed to make some money from selling my snakes". its not the direct quote. but it does hold true.
 
Well, the only snakes I've sold are ones that I bred, but it was still hard for me. I mean, they had so many of their milestones with me. Pipping, first shed, first meal, etc. But if I kept everything I bred, I'd have more snakes than anyone should even think about having (that's not a large scale breeder making sales).
 
I've never sold any snakes, so I can't really speak too much. But I will always keep my pet snakes, given there isn't some incident in which I HAD to sell them. I will always keep my first snakes though, regardless of practically any situation. My 1st Corn Snake is such a part of my life, and means so much to me. Whereas I can admit that some of my other snakes don't have quite the same attachment, even though I love them all.
I agree with Kokopelli too. I can see where certain snakes may become more of an issue due to upkeep, temperament, expense, etc... and at that point it might be time where some people would choose to find a new home for that snake.
 
I still have my first two snakes. They will live out there lives with me, unless something really really drastic happens.

I had a really hard time selling my first round of offspring (especially since they were the 'kids' of my original snakes) even though they were 'just' rootbeers, but it has gotten easier to sell babies, as I sure as heck can't keep them all!!

Other snakes that I've sold I wasn't really attached to, so it wasn't an issue. Snakes that come in for projects (especially those that I'm going to be using for some genetics research in school), knowing that I generally won't be keeping them, I don't even bother to get attached to, then it is easier to part with them when the time comes.
 
selling our first hatchlings was definitely a little bit sad, but moreso it was just new to us. i held back 1 female anery, with perfect saddles! so i'm glad i got to keep a part of our first clutch! not to mention, 4 of them were sold to 3 of my friends, so it's cool that i get to see them all grow up! (and lecture them if they're not practicing proper husbandry :p)

i also chose "other" as an option because, well, i'm kind of a freak. i tend to personify the snakes, "ohhhh poor little baby is gonna miss her mommy, i've fed her for so long!" or "poor little snakey has to be shipped out in her little ziplock tub" when in actual fact, i know they probably don't have any such emotions whatsoever :p

so yes it's hard at first but nothing unbearable. what WAS unbearable is when we had the last (18th) hatchling come out slightly deformed, and it passed away about 6 hours after fully emerging. we put it in the outside garbage, and my roommate came home almost in TEARS because there was a little baby snake on the walkway :| a BEAR had gotten into our garbage and knocked it over :(

so THAT was the WORST experience of it all.
 
snakewispera snr said:
I still have our first snakes, that are still alive...
They are part of the family, so even though they don't fit into any projects, they get to stay...
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I feel the same. Even though the snakes couldn't care less who feeds and looks after them, I raised them and intend to keep 'em, they're my pets.
 
I haven't sold any yet, but I have given away two. First was a snake that a good friend gave to me, that although she was very sweet, I needed to save room for future babies. So when I was able to find her an excellent home with people I trusted, I was happy to re-home her. And she turned extra, extra sweet in the last few days just to make me feel more guilty!! I'd only had her in my possession for a few months, so it wasn't that bad. My second snake to be re-homed was my third snake, and the first snake I picked out and bought. Again, not a snake that I would ever breed (not a corn) and while she is not unfriendly, she isn't really a people-loving snake, either. So I didn't miss the personal interaction with her, because I'd respected her wishes to be left alone. Still, when I dropped her off at FedEx Monday, I had a few tears in my eyes and I even waved goodbye to the box on the counter...

I'm going to be in trouble when I go to sell adorable babies of my own production next year.

My first-ever snake (since I moved to Florida) was WC and died. My second-ever snake is another species that I will never breed, but Choco is a people-snake, or at least she likes being out with _me_, so I have hours and hours and hours of handling time, friend time, movie-watching time, and I can't imagine ever parting with her. Actually, Choco was given to me by the same friend that gave me Janey. Obviously, _he_ doesn't have any problem re-homing!

Nearly all the corns have been well-thought out purchases with future breeding of higher-end morphs in mind. Except for the one I bought just because she was too beautiful to resist, Cherry!!
 
You mean we're supposed to sell them??!! No wonder I have so many around here. Well, this sure explains a lot. :eek: :nyah:
 
It was very tough for me to sell my first clutch, mainly because I was selling them to people who I'm pretty sure were not experienced with snakes and I didn't trust them to care for them properly but I couldn't keep all 14, I did keep 4 though. I did write out care sheets for everyone I sold to to help make sure the owners knew what they were doing. In the future it will still be hard for me because I don't know what will happen to them after they leave me and I get attached easily lol.
 
Awhile back, I came to the realization that keeping boas was NOT for me, and I rehomed my BRB, my BCI, and my little rosy. All three still hurt, even the BCI who was a nasty piece of work and terrified me. :( I do miss my BRB especially. I'm a LOT more careful now about taking on new species.
 
I know I could never sell any of my crew unless I absolutely HAD too.

I've helped re-home 3 reptiles in the past, for various people who were moving. I tend to feel responsible for those animals, even though they were never mine. 2 went to the best homes I could imagine, and I love hearing updates about them. The third went to a bad home (I learned a big lesson with that one). I think about him sometimes and it tears me up.
 
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