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What causes your snake-species limit?

What causes your snake species limit?

  • Size

    Votes: 11 27.5%

  • Temperament

    Votes: 4 10.0%

  • Price

    Votes: 1 2.5%

  • Care requirements

    Votes: 12 30.0%

  • Spouse

    Votes: 1 2.5%

  • Other

    Votes: 11 27.5%
  • Total voters
    40
Calift

Calift

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I was wondering the main reasons I don't own all the species I'd like to. Primarily for me it would be the size of the prey I'd eventually have to feed....couldn't do anything bigger than a rat or stronger than myself.

So what stops you from some of the species you admire?

-Size of snake?
-Temperament?
-Price?
-Regulations?
-Difficulty in finding?
-Specific care?
-...S.O? :p


.....or all of the above?
 
I love Pythons yet, many are head shy or because I have children that are so into the snakes, I fear size and temperament as well. Don't get me wrong I'm sure they are some real sweeties out there but just most I've had encounters with have been... well, a little unpredictable. I was looking into a Children's python though as they don't get much bigger then a corn and many say they are real sweet too.
 
It's mostly spouse/S.O and price... oh, and herp room space. I'd love to get a few Woma pythons, but they're out of my price range. Same with the Super Dwarf retics, 100 flower rat snakes, piebald persian rats, my list goes on and on and on.
 
For me it is size of the snake at adulthood. My other half isn't a reptile lover which means all mine are my responsibility solely. He doesn't pick at me anymore about what comes home just rolls his eyes, but I know I could not handle a snake bigger than 6 ft which limits a lot of my choices, lol!!
 
Care requirements, temperaments, and size.

I like easy to care for, nice snakes I can safely handle myself.
 
I'd say most of the species I'd like to keep, snakes and lizards, are regulated- like indigos- and I can't have one. And even if I _could_, then, I'm not worried about handling the big snake, but worried about where would I put an enclosure of the size it deserved. Mostly, I have the snakes I want, anyway, but there are turtles and tortoises and large lizards that would be fun to keep, if money was no object, and I could build the enclosures they'd need outside.
 
No kidding Nanci. When my kids are older I will absolutely have a free roaming tegu for sure no doubts on that one. However, giving your wish list of animals the care they need trumps all wishes.
 
I listed "care requirements" but mainly because of lack of available time. I have been expanding the amount of species I own quite a bit lately as I enjoy diversity, but the time I can devote to the care of more animals is almost non-existent. I will be starting grad school in a month, and I just won't have the time to care for many more animals. I sold quite a bit of my collection (downsizing from about 80 animals to roughly 25).

Once Grad school is over and done with, then its on. I have my sights on many of the locality boas and pythons, not to mention old world and Asian colubrids. The animals currently in my family range between many different colubrid, boa, and python species. I absolutely love the diversity in my collection, but I also can't let it grow just yet.
 
Personally for me it is the amount of space I can devote to the care of my reptiles. I am limited in how much space available in my home that can be devoted to my snakes. My collection will probably never exceed 30 adult snakes.
 
Mine would have to be size. I'm not to into the fact that if I had a snake that was 8 feet or bigger that if I pissed him/her off I might be a gonner.
 
I put "other" because while I think Gaboon and rhino vipers are amazing-looking snakes, I won't do the whole venomous thing. If they were naturally non-venomous, though, I would have them! (no venomoids, please)

sonja
 
There were a few reasons. Thats why I listed other. Size, price and care were the 3 that I could pick right away.
Dang I wish I had unlimited money so I could afford to give the time and area needed for some snakes I want.
 
Care requirements, then....I would guess temperament. Part of the pleasure is knowing I'm coming home to take care of sentient (Kyle's word) beings. I don't want more reptiles than I can pamper to the degree I want.
So along with that, although the years might not reflect it, would be temperament I suspect. Part,...no much of the return on the invested time, effort, and money is having critters who at least tolerate being handled. I like it when they seem placid and content being handled. I don't mind the occasional cocky snake, but...I don't think I want one so jumpy (or unpredictable) that he/she makes me jumpy.
Size would be third, I guess. And because of the relationship with care requirement issues that arise and temperament. I don't want to come home to a snake as big as me, or even half as big as me, who is jumpy or unpredictable. And makes me jumpy.
Which reminds me of an eastern coachwhip that I chased back in 1978 or 79, but never caught, that I spotted because he was longer than I was tall, and had over two feet off the ground periscoping the vicinity. I would say 6ft+. What on earth would I have done with that sucker if I had caught it? LOL.
 
I chose other, because there are some buts:
I really want a boa, but my GF is no big fan of boas.
But she agreed on the fact of me keeping a boa, but not now.
She first wants our lives together to evolve (mary, baby, a house) and for that we needs the moneys.
Moneys we don't have if we buy a boa.
Sooooo, I'll have to wait 5years or so :)
 
For me it is probably a combination of things. Primary factor would be the space requirements, secondary would be the price ranges of the animals I would be interested in, thirdly would probably be temperament - I like nice, calm, even tempered animals and sometimes the larger ones intimidate me a bit.
 
Toshiro said:
I chose other, because there are some buts:
I really want a boa, but my GF is no big fan of boas.
But she agreed on the fact of me keeping a boa, but not now.
She first wants our lives together to evolve (mary, baby, a house) and for that we needs the moneys.
Moneys we don't have if we buy a boa.
Sooooo, I'll have to wait 5years or so :)
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LOL gosh, here in the States, I could get you an adult boa for free.
 
I was thiking the same thing depending on the species. You should look into rescues in Belgium I am sure you could find a boa no problemo!!
 
I put temperament, but I probably should have put other, because I would really like to own a HOT:devil01:...a Copperhead specifically, but I'm going to wait until my son is off to college first!
 
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