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Trade contract?

Thats great info sharp, its good to get me started atleast.

Does anyone know any good books on everything? Especially if it pretains to ball pythons?
 
Holy Smokes....this thread went from 'how do I write up a contract for a breeder loan' to...'how do i show the staff at petsmart that i know more then they do'.

God bless your patience fellas....God bless you.
 
Alisyn,

I really dont know of any books off the top of my head. I have kept herps for around 25 years and most of what I know has came from my own trial and error, asking non stop questions of other more experienced herp keepers and reading everything I can get my hands on. Google, forums and the library are your friend.
 
Thanks Tricycle, I'll be picking atleast one of those up soon

Sharp: Thats alright, thanks for the info!

Critical: No, a real book. I am not an idiot, new to breeding or not.
 
My other snakes are eating f/t each weak no problem, no regurgitating, sheding fully each week.
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And on top of it all, remember there are people in this site that have kept snakes for more than 40 years and they know a little bit more than the basics (e. g. snakes don't shed each week). Take it slow...
 
Yeah, that was a wording mistake on me, I know they dont shed each week. I ment they shed completly each time they do shed.
 
Nagini said:
I am not an idiot
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Well thats just fantastic news. Maybe you wont try to treat others who are obviously kind and who have show great kindness to you like they are idiots in the future ever again.

I'm glad you're being told how to do things properly but pardon me if I seem a tad pissed off that you knew how to do everything from acquiring an animal to selling it and making money except for the actual care that is involved for the animals in between.

If you spent as much time readind and learning as you did on your avatar and signature to make yourself appear like some hot shot breeder my comments that offended you may have all been avoidable.

But now you now.
 
Alisyn,

I'm glad this came up, and I hope that you will be able to slow down a bit and focus on the animals health instead of the giddiness of having new ones. Good luck.
 
shrap said:
1. While two completely separate homes/facilities are best most of us dont have that luxury. So at the very least you need two separate rooms. One for your established critters and one for your new critters. NEVER LET NEW CRITTERS COME IN CONTACT WITH ESTABLISHED CRITTERS.

2. 90 days quarantine minimum. And while I know everyone dont practice the following, I do. Lets say you got an animal in the quarantine room for 2 months and then you bring a new animal into the quarantine room. Now every animal in there is starting over on day one. I dont know for sure what that new animal may have passed on to the ones that were already there so I take no chances.

3. Always do whatever upkeep you are going to do on your established animals first. Water changes, feedings, cleaning.... I dont care what it is. Always do your established animals before you do your quarantine animals. Get all of the work for the day done on established animals first before you mess with the quarantine animals. NEVER do quarantine animals first.

4. Always wash your hands thoroughly before AND after handling any of your animals or doing any type of upkeep with them. Particularly after working with quarantine animals. I dont care if it was just a water change. Wash your hands.

5. If you feed live never return uneaten feeders back into your rodent colony. That is just begging to spread crap all through out your collection. Either euthanize and dispose of the uneaten rodent or set up a rat rodent cage in the quarantine room just for the quarantine animals.

6. You need two of everything. I have separate paper towels, tongs, thermometers, scales, utility tubs, water dishes, hides, etc, etc, etc, for each room. All of them that are meant for the quarantine room have a big ass Q on them in magic marker so I dont get them mixed up.

I am sure I am skipping a couple of things but that right there will get you started in the right direction.
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Sammy is right on with everything he said. The only thing I would add is don't forget about your clothes and shoes. Whatever you're wearing when you deal with quarentined animals needs to go directly to the laundry and be washed. I'd suggest doing the same thing with anything you wear to a show (meaning don't come home and go into your snake room without changing).

I don't have anything in quarentine now, but when I do again, I may set a disinfectant mat outside the door to the room that houses my personal collection. I'll probably get a set of scrubs or coveralls just for the quarentine room as well. It may be overkill, but after some of the horror stories lately I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Hope this helps,
Shelly
 
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