Shanna66
Kipluck
OH I KNOW. So many people have told me this about my sugar gliders. "How dare you take it from the wild?!"
Yeah, ********* was a rescue so his background is shady but Lilo and Nani's great-great-great GRANDPARENTS weren't even from "the wild." They have fricken PEDIGREES telling me who their parent's were and what breeder owned them.
im sure you have to deal with crap more than most people since your exotics are more exotic than most people's exotics. wow that was a fun sentance XD
Yeah. I have had threats from animal rights people saying if I didn't "let go" of my gliders, like out into the wild (animals who would NEVER survive the wild) I should watch my back. I also had someone tell me how awful it was that my gliders mothers probably had to be killed to take their joeys and sell them to me. I assured them that I saw Nani's mom and dad and held Lilos parents and they were very happy and healthy animals who, while they loved their joeys, were quite ready for them to leave the nest and give them their space! There are a lot of misconceptions about exotics.
The only wild caught animals I have are Bratanik (he was a rescue. I do NOT support the purchase of WC Russian tortoises from stores.), the hermit crabs (because sadly ALL hermies in the pet trade are currently WC), and most likely my anole, Sprite because most anoles are.
My ALTG Lizard, however, was sold to me by a local pet store owner who breeds them, so I think he is CB. My geckos are DEFINITELY captive born, as is my RES turtle (RES are actually TOO often bred). I bought my chinchilla from a local breeder, and as they are "fur animals" buying them from a breeder is MUCH easier than ever getting them from the wild. Same thing with gliders. They breed FAR too easily to capture them and smuggle them. Does it happen? Yes, especially in OTHER countries. But here? No. The issues facing sugar gliders are closer now to that of dogs... MILL breeders.
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