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Why do people buy certain snakes? Is it based solely on their price? Or are there other factors? In this blog post Colin discusses some of the reasons price is not most important.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Filed under All Posts, Ball Pythons, Colin Weaver's Blog, The Reptile Business · Tagged with Ball Pythons, market, morphs, price, prices, sell, value
In this post Colin ponders the growth of power of the federal government and how it relates to the current issues regarding pythons and boas.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Filed under All Posts, Colin Weaver's Blog, Reptiles and the Law, The Reptile Business · Tagged with congress, government, h2811, house of representatives, interstate transport, Lacey Act, python ban, s373, senate
In this post Colin reflects on the emotionally-removed mindset that befalls most reptile breeders. Once beloved pets, reptiles become mechanisms of commerce to the larger breeders.
In this article Colin explains his struggle to come to terms with the things on which he spends money made from the sale of ball pythons.
Are you buying adult or baby ball pythons for your collection? Take some time to consider the implications of the short-road to breeding success. You may be getting more trouble than it’s worth.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Filed under All Posts, Ball Python Breeding, Ball Python Husbandry, Ball Pythons, Colin Weaver's Blog, The Reptile Business · Tagged with baby, breeder, business, colin weaver, collection, money, morph
Help stop irresponsible regulatory efforts underway in Congress. Stop S373 and HR2811. Support the movement to stop the python & boa ban.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Friday, December 18, 2009 at 12:50 am
Filed under All Posts, Colin Weaver's Blog, Reptiles and the Law, The Reptile Business · Tagged with ban, boa, hr2811, hsus, python, regulatory, s373, usgs
The assault on the rights of pet owners is a decidedly partisan issue. Reptile owners who vote Democrat and electing the people who will ultimately take away their right to own the reptile of their choosing.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:39 am
Filed under All Posts, Colin Weaver's Blog, Reptiles and the Law, The Reptile Business · Tagged with democrats, hr2811, hsus, humane society, law, liberty, python ban, s373
The proposed python ban. It has facts and it has fallacy. In a world of snapshots and sound bites the facts struggle to get any attention.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Filed under All Posts, Reptiles and the Law, The Reptile Business · Tagged with burmese python, everglades, federal ban, florida, hr2811, hsus, python ban, s373
What are your chances of getting taken out by your pet Burmese python? Colin offers some perspective based on other no-so-common ways to leave this world. The reality is what snake keepers already know.
A video from a Georgia news channel revealing the dirty truth about Humane Society of the United States.
The number of reptile shows has hat critical mass on the East Coast. In the article Colin explores the reasons why and offers some suggestions on how to react.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Filed under All Posts, Ball Pythons, The Reptile Business · Tagged with ball python, breeder, Hamburg, long island, Manassas, NARBC, promoter, reptile, reptile show, snake, snake show, trade show, vendor, White Plains
In this article Colin offers some perspective and insight into how the HSUS may be approaching its desired goal of limiting or eliminating the rights of pet owners in the United States.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Filed under All Posts, Colin Weaver's Blog, Reptiles and the Law, The Reptile Business · Tagged with ban, bill, dog breeders, hsus, humane society, law, national pet association, natpet, pet owner, pet owners, rights, tennessee
Reptile breeder loans are an industry staple for some. This article explores why Colin Weaver thinks that they are not always a good idea and offers many things that need to be considered before doing a breeder loan.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 1:52 am
Filed under All Posts, Ball Python Breeding, Ball Python Husbandry, Ball Pythons, The Reptile Business · Tagged with ball python, breeder, business, financial gain, loan, money, snake
The reptile community is being tricked into supporting a python ban by clever wording of HR2811 and S373.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Monday, July 27, 2009 at 12:12 am
Filed under All Posts, The Reptile Business · Tagged with bill nelson, burmese python, everglades, florida, hr2811, hr669, invasive, Lacey Act, pijac, python ban, s373, species, usark
The media and a tiny handful of government officials continue to advocate a python ban when they are not informed enough to have an opinion that is based on anything other than misinformation and fear.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 6:44 am
Filed under All Posts, The Reptile Business · Tagged with ban, bill, burmese python, colin weaver, constrictor, florida everglades, hr2811, hr669, law, media, python ban, s373, senator bill nelson, senator nelson, snake