hello from the Chilcotin BC

[ah ratz]

Just a quick intro....I recently moved from Van Isle and have owned, bred and rescued all forms of snakes for over 25 years but most of my experience is with the larger constrictors and caimans.....although I like the look of some "designer" snakes it was just never my thing, I believe there is enough unwanted critters out there. No offence to anyone out there : ) I spent the last 11 years lecturing at VIU (Vancouver Island University) for their 1st year Zoology reptile classes where the students were able to interact with many different species as well as my 16 foot Burmese named Ty....over the years most of my rescues were burms unfortunately. We recently moved to the Chilcotin at a very high price....my caiman which I had for over 12 years since she was a tiny baby did not survive the first week from the stress of the move, but on a happy note...everyone else has settled in. I have already been invited by local schools to lecture so we still get to educate and hopefully pass a love for snakes on to future generations. Our goal up here is to start a frozen rat/rabbit business (do to the fact we had such a hard time finding larger food)...hence the name "ah ratz"....anyway I would like to thank the organizers and moderators of this forum for doing an amazing job....its a very informative site. Adele Gains