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Posted by patricia sherman on October 30, 2002 at 14:55:26:
In Reply to: Re: Well, that certainly is an unabashed plug for American r posted by Katt on October 29, 2002 at 23:24:17:
:That's true! My heart is with the NA rats.
Mine, too!
::You certainly are biased towards American ratsnakes though. As a person who keeps mostly Asian ratsnakes, I was a little put out by this.
:... I was just saying how I felt about NA rats, and my opinion on how they seem to be neglected.
And I read it exactly as you posted it.
::no need to imply that we should think American above anything else.
:I was not implying that one should think American above all else ... I'm Canadian, not an american patriot!
Patriotism certainly isn't an outstanding Canadian trait.
:I certainly wish I had more asian snakes, but up here, they are hard to come by and quite pricey ...
Well, I can't say that I've got any great desire to own Asians. As far as I'm concerned, there's enough variety among the North American species to probably keep me happy for the rest of my life. If I didn't limit myself, I'd be over-run by colubrids of all species. One has to be practical, and to set some boundaries on how many species one wants to work with.
:Up here, there are not a lot of ratsnakes, mostly corns and some black rats, a few scattered everglades, leucy texas rats are at a premium! I would very much like to see some emoyri's and Senticolis available.
You're correct in your observation about the relative unavailability of NA Elaph, North of The Border. Importation is a daunting and expensive proposition if one uses any method other than carrying them oneself or having them carried by a friend, and shipping them within Canada is also quite expensive.
For the most part, government restrictions have nothing to do with it (except in Ontario and Alberta, provinces in which the keeping of E. o. obsoleta is illegal). Anyhow, I'm building up a breeding colony of various E. o. ssp., and a few corn snakes. My big project this year, was importation of over a dozen babies bred by Kathy Love and by Dwight Good (and two pairs of E. o. spiloides, from other breeders). Hopefully, I'll be able to make these beautiful species more readily available in Canada.
Tricia
