buying a snake

[Charlotte3]

Hello,

Have any of you bought a snake or other reptile in France?  I'm hoping to buy a snake for my daughter within the next few weeks and just wondered about the standard of pet care in the pet shops here. They seem to be big affairs rather than the small personal shops we had in N Ireland.

Any comments would be gratefully received.

Aly

[Nell]

St Patrick may have rid all snakes from Ireland, but believe me he did not do the same in France. You don't need to buy one - there are more than enough of the horrible critters crawling through the undergrowth hereabouts [+o(][6][+o(]

Regards from another lass from N. Ireland

[Quarmby]

A python I should not advise / It needs a doctor for its eyes / And has the measles yearly

However if you feel inclined / To get one (to improve your mind, / And not from fashion merely)

Allow no music near its cage / And if it flies into a rage / Chastise it most severely

I had an aunt in Pakistan / Who bought a python from a man / And kept it as a pet.

She died, because she never knew / These simple little rules, and few. / The snake is living yet.

[Celestine]

Without wanting to steal your thread, I would like to buy a lizard but havent seen any reptile shops in my area. Does anyone know of any please in the Vendee (85) and as to the standard they are kept?

 

After putting in various words to try to find a place in teh pages jaune, I typed pet shop and voila, theres a shop in Challans. Theyre showing a python and a chameleon in their video.

[Pierre ZFP]

Hmmm, might be worth considering carefully what type of snake if this is anything to go by

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7582702.stm

[Celestine]

He was a bit silly to ignore advice about not letting it out tho. Cant blame the snake!

[5-element]

Although the story below had a relatively good ending, I found it even more concerning:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6895947.stm

 

 

[Charlotte3]

Well,  on Monday afternoon we found our new snake.  She's called Akira and is a Californian Milk Snake.  We bought her from a pet shop beside Castorama in Rennes and they were brilliant. Their animals are clean, healthy and well looked after and the reptile specialist gave my daughter lots of advice and tips even though she didn't really need them. (We've kept reptiles and snakes in N Ireland for donkey's years).

Akira is settling in  nicely and is currently tucking into a juicy little mouse!

Thankyou everyone for your comments,

Aly

[Charlotte3]

Hello Nell,

Whereabouts  are you?

(They're not all horrible!)

Aly

[Nell]

Hi Aly - I'm near Brantome in dept 24 Dordogne. Last week Dordogneshire took a bit of a bashing on here - everyone seems to think that every other house is owned by a Brit !! But honest it's not there is the odd Paddy here too [:D] and even some French folks [:-))]. Joking aside I love it here. Took early retirement in 2000 and returned to the old country (Ballycastle) After 5 years could not put up with the rain any longer so we upped sticks and came to France. Great move all round. Hope you are happy here too and I am sure your daughters snake is lovely but..... [blink]

Best Regards

Nell