Lori, I always need advice, ALWAYS
And yes I understand about letting it careen out of control.. and there are other more morbid factors to consider.
I often wonder "what if" I got in a terrible accident, got cancer, a 747 lands on my head, what then?? a hundred animals without this crazy guy to spend unimaginable hours caring for them, what about them?
I have enough "ex's" to ensure that my younger kids are cared for, and my oldest has a kid and a mortgage, no plans for reptiles there.
Dorothy swears if I dropped tomorrow, she would take care of the animals, but if it takes both of us to do it now, I honestly feel that one gal on her own would be overwhelmed real quickly.
There is also the issues that would make most of you on here either want to vomit, cry or both...
A guy I know of rescues reptiles and built a rep for it, one day a fellow hands him a pillow case with a snake in it, and bolts. gone without a trace before the pillow case was even opened. Inside was a Ball Python that had been left in a cage with a rat for 3 days.
The rat had no food provided for it, and decided to eat the python to survive, sadly the python was still alive, no skin and about 50 percent of it's flesh eaten. It had to be euthanized.
Another had a boa left with a ferret, etc.. etc.. etc.. Iguanas with gangrene, emaciated monitors because the owners became afraid of them... It goes on forever..
So I know I may be daydreaming. There are plenty of critters right here in our circle that need help, so why advertise and get swamped.
What do you do when an animal gets sick, and needs the vet when your down to your last $30, oh and the garters need guppies, uh oh..
Sure I can memorize every possible medical situation that may arise, buy my own microscope, learn amature vetrinary medicine, but then one does need to sleep sometime.
Do I allow my business to crumble because I spend all my time helping out reptiles? logic mandates NO.
But still, wouldn't it be cool to write off bags of aspen?? Or the electricity used to run the basking lights
Milage for road trips to pick up critters.
Oh and we HAD to purchase 10 new fish tanks at 100 bucks each.