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by martyn on January 1, 2006
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I see many price lists these days with most stuff being wild caught . what is everyones opinion on wild catching of species and captive breeding ?
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by MoccasinMan on January 1, 2006
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I don't support the direct sale of most WC animals. If you want to add new blood to your breeding project you can go out and catch new specimens yourself or purchase CB from a breeder that has established a strong blood line. WC tends to have many problems including disease and parasites. The mass removal of of native or exotic species can endanger their status in the wild. The easy availability of cheap venomous reptiles over the internet or elsewhere is a clear danger to this hobby. It makes these fascinating creatures open to impulse purchase, putting these animals into the hands of irresponsible, unprepared novices. The results can be disasterous.
Hapy New Year,
Andrew
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by timberrattlesnake89 on January 1, 2006
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I have found that the wild caught sometimes are healthier than Captive born. I have also notcied that everyone I know that keeps wild caught that they caught themselves usually live better. From my experience the snakes that are imported or caught then sold seem to have more problems. I am guessing that it also because they are put in with other specices that have problems.
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by Crotalus_Catcher on January 1, 2006
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Part of the problem with captive born herps is that if they come from uncredible (spelling?) sources, it can lead to a fair ammount of inbreeding.
Jon Doe buys a brother/sister pair from a reputable breeder at a herp show and goes home and breeds them. He then sells a brother/sister pair to another person, who breeds that brother/sister pair and the same cycle continues. That is how lots of problems show up in the pet trade. Multiple generations of in-breednig, even though it may not be on purpose.
Mind you there are MANY reputable breeders out there keeping the gene pool fresh, but the above is why lots of petshop herps develop so many wierd conditions and or die for seemingly no reason early on in life.
In my humble opinion, throwing in some wild caught herps can only stir up the gene pool and get it a little stronger. I don't see how they can make it worse provided that they are properly treated for parasites and don't bring in any diseases with the potential to wipe out your entire collection.
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by cornuta on January 2, 2006
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I feel that if enough captive borne herps are available we should make use of that resource first before exploiting wild caughts. I undersatnd the imbreeding arguement to well, but as a keeper one could try to obtain unrelated animals.
Wild caughts are prone to disease, stress, parasites and just generally dont adjust well or take far longer to adjust to captivity.
Obtaining captive bred animals will ensure you get a better animal and help the conservation of our wonderfull natural reptile fauna.
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