Quote Originally Posted by kibakiba View Post
A 14 year old doesn't need 6 snakes. They should have given the kid 1 and make sure that they could take care of it before sending off 5 extra. I feel bad for the snakes.
A 14 year old, when armed with a little knowledge of husbandry, is perfectly capable of properly caring for a few garter snakes. I was only 13 and I was keeping several WC CA Kings and gopher snakes up to 5 or 6 feet long. They thrived and grew. I had them for years.
Quote Originally Posted by gregmonsta View Post
They chose to husband these animals without living up to the responsibillities that come with it and caused suffering by doing so.
They should be educated by this experience in my opinion.
Exactly. The enemy here is ignorance and that can be just as deadly to a snake even if the keeper is 40. The age of this person is irrelevant. 14 is plenty old enough to carry the responsibility for a few garter snakes.