a civil discussion-morphs

[claire_e_dodd]

I'm a pet owner, plain and simple.

Originally I wasn't even that bothered about snakes, I liked them, but had no desire to keep them. My ex did, so I bought him one, and I loved her, so we got another, he left, I got the babies, and they are the one thing that makes me not regret being with him.

I got into snake keeping with no knowledge or research, something which I now know was irresponsible, but I've done alot of reading since then to make up for it! I recently bought my third corn snake, and put an order in for the corn run next year, for a butter and a bloodred. These snakes were chosen purely because I like the morph, but they will be pets at the end of the day. I may breed in the future, but it was never my intention when getting into the hobby. I will probably stick to mainly corns, they are easy to keep and I love the fact that their colours are so varied.

I am far from a hepertologist, but I admire the work they do, as if it weren't for them the hobby would probably not exist, but my snakes are for me, I don't care where they come form or how they live in the wild because as my pets, I think it's kind of irrelevent. I enjoy reading about them, but I don't think it would be the end of the world if I knew nothing about their wild relatives.

I love my snakes, I love caring for them, they are healthy and happy and that's all that matters to me.