Wild caught water snakes

[guidofatherof5]

There is a reptile store selling water snakes on fauna classifieds for $5.00.
I can't believe somebody is going out and raping the wild just to make $5.00ea on these nice water snakes. Yes i've kept some snakes from the wild and yes i've sold some from the wild, but to go out and rape the wild just to make a quick five bucks unbelievable.

Green snakes are going for the same price. I contacted a guy to see if they were wild caught.
He said they were wild caught and he was expecting a shipment of a 100 in the next couple of days.
Tough for the snakes to keep up with those numbers.

[Sonya610]

Green snakes are going for the same price. I contacted a guy to see if they were wild caught.
He said they were wild caught and he was expecting a shipment of a 100 in the next couple of days.
Tough for the snakes to keep up with those numbers.

Yeah I looked into green snakes before garters and most all are wild caught, even one of the big Florida reptile distributors said they don't know of any captive breds available. Green snakes are also disappearing rapidly in some areas.

Plus I heard they are rather difficult to keep so sadly a lot of those $5 wild caughts probably won't survive very long.