Certainly a lot to think about. There is a place in IL called "The Grass Is Rattling." They found a Gaboon in a dumpster at an airport nearby a few years back. Everyone thought that is was dead, but when the snake handler went in to get it, it moved. Anyways, The Grass Is Rattling acuired the snake and had it on display at th Tinley Park NARBC. That was the first time I had ever seen one. It really blew my mind how ....I can't even think of a word to describe the feeling that I got when I glued my face to the glass for like 20 miutes...lol. When I finally took my face away from the cage and looked at my GF, she looked at me and said, "NO WAY!" Does she know me or what..lol. Anyways, I don't think that I will ever live in a state that will alow me to have one, so thats sad. In reduard to your "self" questions, I am very anal about my set ups. I have never had an escape, and I have NEVER BEEN bitten by any of my ball pythons, and I have been keeping them for over 5 years. If I had the wonderful oportunity to have one, I might even pay a profesional to clean the cage for me and what not. Any ways, I guess that I am just trying to say that I would deffinatly have saftey WAY up on the importance latter!!!! But again, it doesn't look like it is going to happen for me. I am going to start keeping ground boas as they "look" sorta like venomous snakes, and the Isabel is a beautiful white color with an amazing pattern, just like the "look" of the Gabbies.
Thanks for taking the time to write all of that good stuff up for me! It really helped put some things into perspective.

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