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Originally Posted by Aaron_S
You know a lot of people claim age doesn't have much to do with things but I certainly believe to an extent that it does.
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It for sure does when talking about teenagers especially. Where are these 17 YO large Boid owners going to be living when they are 19 even say? Will they still be at Mom & Dads? Will they have gone off to school or joined the military or moved across the country somewhere where large Boids are not allowed? Will they get married & have children? Etc. Etc. Etc. People specially teenagers fail to realize these animals are a HUGE commitment in more ways than one. They are not a hamster that only lives a few years either they are long lived animals that if properly cared for will be around for decades. The cost of properly housing & feeding these animals in itself is a big chunk of change as well. Are they going to be able to afford providing it a room for itself all those years & a large deep freeze full of large prey items as well? The initial cost of some of these animals barely covers the cost of a few months prey once they reach subadult size even in the first couple of years. Like I said there are very few that are actually worthy of keeping & caring for these large Boids. I didn't even touch on safety issues here either. Mark
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