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Originally Posted by Will0W783
At one point I had 36 snakes, and I'm a student going to school. I do not use a vet for routine issues like bad shed, constipation, RI and such. Those are things that I know how to treat and have the medicines and supplies on hand to do so...properly.
However, when problems arose that were beyond my experience, I still went to the vet. Regardless of how many snakes you own, they are still living, breathing creatures and feel pain and discomfort.
I have in a few cases spent way more money on vet care than a snake initially cost, and it made things hard on me, but in my opinion when you take on an animal you are accepting the responsibility of its care, whatever the cost may be. Whether it's as a business, or as a pet...it's still a creature that is alive and can feel pain as well as comfort. Even the large breeders, at least the ones I choose to be friends with, will take a snake to a vet if they feel it's something they cannot treat at home. It's part of the cost of doing business with live animals.
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Again this is a disagreement. Naturually in the wild the snake would die or be eaten, at least I hit a middle ground and do my best in most cases, however I won't dump the hundreds of dollars into the snake. Killing is quick, painless, and humane. If I can kill rats to feed to my snake- rats that are perfectly healthy and deserve a "shot" at life, and are living breathing creatures than I should be able to make the same decision towards the snakes in my collection. I wouldn't put in vet bills for my feeder rats now I would I?
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