What do you think about members always getting new reps . . .

[stephenie191]

It seems that while people scroll over and over other peoples rep pics and viv pics. They seem to want all of them!

While i am all for having pets, it seems members will join, aquire alot of reps in a short space of time then months later sell them.

Do you think people get addicted to buying?


If they kept them all their life, then thats brilliant, but what upsets me is when they have them up for sale, when they get bored to only buy a new one a week later. . .

any thoughts? Anyone else noticed it?

[dracco]

I dont agree with it I call folk like that rent a pet I think a lot of people do it so they can say they have had all these different reps

[negri21]

yes ,

it is definatley a trend you see . it is something i am not ashamed to say i do .
i started off with relatively easy reps to keep , then as my knowledge grows i will my want for other species .
before getting my first reps i had no inclination of ever getting a snake , but as time went on and handling other peoples i began to realize that they are probably more tolerant of being handled than anything else
unfortunately i cant/don't have the space/time to keep everything i would like so as things progress i will sell on what i have no space for .

i do have certain animals i wouldnt like to sell but there are others that as time goes on i will sell .

[Esarosa]

It's not just new members who do it, I know a few keepers who have had reps for years and seem to swap and change more than their undies. Corn for two weeks, lizard for 2 weeks, brb for a week, frogs for a week etc etc.But then i'm one of these buy for life people. If there is an animal I desperately want I won't personally sell on what I currently own. I'll wait till the time comes where I can house them without having to get rid of a current pet, be it they die of old age, or we move house etc etc. Alot of people see keeping reptiles as a hobby, and I suppose that's where i'm different in a way...in fact I hate it being called that, as it makes the animals we keep sound disposable.

[Kami22]

I wont ever get rid of reps I collect the minute they come into my house they are my babies

[ChrisBowman]

Well i Hope ill keep my reps for as long as i can keep them for

[Meko]

Originally Posted by stephenie191

If they kept them all their life, then thats brilliant, but what upsets me is when they have them up for sale, when they get bored to only buy a new one a week later. . .

any thoughts? Anyone else noticed it?

didn't you at one point have a few corns and some snails?


Although i do agree, there seems to be a coulture of people buying / wanting something that they see on a thread. Then there's the ones who post asking what they can buy next.

[stephenie191]

Originally Posted by Meko

didn't you at one point have a few corns and some snails?


Although i do agree, there seems to be a coulture of people buying / wanting something that they see on a thread. Then there's the ones who post asking what they can buy next.

yep, but i still have two snake, i sold on 3, as breeding plans changed.

I have kept my corn guss, since a hatchling, hes 7 1/2 now, and i will nevr let hime go.

Same with the dogs, ones 7, my royal is here to stay.

And the snails where there as breeders, most rescues i re-homed.


Yeah, posting because they have an 'empty tank' or 'are bored, want a new pet' - i dont get it, surely its the pet then the tank

[bendigo]

i think when people first come on here, there often new to the world of reps and when they see all the different species they fail over themselves, not believing they can own all these gorgeous animals, they dive in thinking,

"wow i love the look of a royal, and a ratsnake, and those milksnakes, i want some beardies, and leos, and cresties and waterdragons etc...!"

they see them all for sale and jump at the chance to buy them before they fall through there fingers, not beliveing the oppurtunity will ever come round again, then a few monthes in when the bills come throug and food costs so much and all of a sudden a vets trip appears because someones got the sniffles, they start to slow down, sell one, realise the ones that truly interest them and the ones that they only wanted for wow factor.

some people never grow out of this, but the majority will

[Graylord]

as reptiles in my opinion don`t form an emotional attachment to their keeper i don`t see a major problem wih moving them on.
As long that is that they are passed on to someone you feel can look after them.