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Anonymous post on December 24, 2004
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Why do people say that they rescue snakes when all they really do is take them from the wild and put them in a cage in the basement?
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by Atrox9 on December 24, 2004
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I guess that is a fair question and I can not speak for everyone out there who is a rescuer but here is how I work.
Sometimes a person gets a cute little Eastern Diamondback or a Little Gaboone Viper for that mater and in a year or so it is not so cute and NOT so little! The owner becomes afraid of the Snake and it is costing quite a bit of money to feed also. This is where I come in, I pick up the Snake and if it is Winter I do keep it in the basement in a Cage, but the snake is checked out for any illness and if need it is treated, it is feed and given a warm safe place to spend the cold months. Then comes Spring and I find a nice place in the wild for him or her and I release the Snake.
A Gaboone Viper is a diferent story, I either find a Zoo that will take him or her or I will keep it and give it the best life possible while I have it.
I think you misunderstand us, we don!t just hord snakes and abuse them, they are Loved and cared fore, they are given the highest of respect and I would go as far as to say they are treated far better then the average family Cat or Dog. If the snake has not had a B/M after it eats a large meal, its off to the vet. If the power goes off at 4 am on a cold night, the snakes are the first to get the covers.
Like I said I can not speak for everyone but the Herpers I associate with do all the above and to see someone hurting a snake is sure to find a fist in his mouth.
Truly yours
Atrox9
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Anonymous post on December 24, 2004
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I respect that, but what im saying is people see the snake on the road and instead of putting it off to the side of the road or moving the snake away from the road, they take it out of the wild and put it in an enclosure at home and say that they rescued it, but all they really did was take it out of the wild. Sure if you see one that is injured it would be rescuing it but if its a healthy snake and you take it out of its natural world then its not rescuing at all.
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by LarryDFishel on December 24, 2004
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What you describe is "collecting". I've done it myself, and know plenty of others who have, but I've never heard anyone pretend that was "rescueing".
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by Atrox9 on December 25, 2004
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Like Larry said Collecting is collecting. If I grab my tongs and bucket and hed for the Swamp I am NOT rescueing anything and I would never say I was! When I get called to remove a Snake or "My husband will cut it in half " and I break my neck getting there to prevent the Snakes death Now That Is Rescueing!!!!
I think you heard someone who uses the wrong terminology, Removeing from the wild is Collecting. Saving from death is rescueing. I hope that cleared this up, and thank you for careing enough to write the note, most would have wondered and walked off.
Best of wishes!
Atrox9
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Anonymous post on December 25, 2004
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Im really not trying to bash anyone. I just think that if they do rescue it than a big thanks but alot of people take them home instead of just releasing them back into the wild. I collect too, but Its always cool to rescue it and return it to the wild. Again, Im not bashing anyone because everyone collects. Thats why were interested in them, we love to look and house them and watch them grow. But I think we all sometimes go overboard.
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