I, in no way said no one in their right mind should keep them..... I was just giving you some things to think about before you get into it...... These are things I thought about over and over before I started to keep them...... Did I tell you you should not buy a hot???? No.... I gave you a short answer to your question and I had a question of my own to ask you..... That same "starter hot" question comes up alot and the answers are pretty much the same..... This tells me something that I did not get into on my first reply.... You obviously did not do too much research on the subject..... You would have found 100 post just like this one.....The reason I keep these snakes.... Like you, I love these creatures..... I am into the captive breeding of these reptiles and the conservation of these reptiles..... I like to be able to think I do my part in keeping the wild populations from being wiped out from their natural environment..... Just remember what I said about being bitten..... That is the reality of keeping these animals...... Even the best of hot keepers have been nailed...... I my self have never been tagged but I never for one second think that it cant happen..... We can all do what we can to be safe but even with the best tools and skills you can never be 100% sure you wont get hit...... These snakes are unpredictable and some will not think twice about bitting you if it gets the slightest chance...... And some will give no warning...... The only people that get mad at seeing post like I wrote are people that are not 100% sure they want to keep hots..... If you are not 100% sure then you are not ready...... And if someone does not keep hots because I told them the reality of keeping them, then I did my good deed for the day..... Good luck....

Gregg

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