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Hoarding vs Responsable Keeping... when are we on the line?
So I was browsing netflix today and found an episode of a show I find to be tragic as a car crash you can't look away from, Animal Hoarding. It's terrifying how quickly some of these people develop this terrible desire to have so many animals.
I had never seen an episode of reptiles until today.... A man was keeping 30 rattlesnakes, in his bedroom! Each one had maybe a ten gallon tank to itself if it was lucky, with no hides and no waterbowls. He was living with his mother, which is fine beyond the fact that he was putting her at risk with insignificant care of these snakes and using her money to continue to buy himself snakes. Some of the tanks didn't have lids,
As far as I can think, 30 doesnt seem like THAT many compared to collections of other people I've seen. It is a career for some, and a big hobby for others, and I have a huge respect for that. At what point, however, is it too much? Is a problem determaned by the number, or by the keeping? Is 100 snakes kept in good conditions and safe sitatutions better than five snakes kept in buckets, or is it worse?
I just want opinions, I'm sure everyone has a different opinion!
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