While I appreciate your protection of the art of keeping giants you have made a lot of assumptions. I did not purchase her on a fling... I did my research. I got prepared for her arrival. I know how big she will get, I know they have high feeding responses, etc. I read hundreds of posts on this forum before getting her and before I joined. Yes I threw her in the grass because she shocked me by biting me in the face. For my first bite that was a pretty horrible experience. I immediately regained my composure and before attending to myself, I ensured that she was back in her enclosure and secure. I chose a time of day that the two neighbors I have are no where to be found and the only kids on this cul de sac are mine and they were in Chicago with the exception of my 17 year old daughter who witnessed the entire event. I reached out to this forum not to be told to give her away but how to turn it around. I have no intention of giving up or endangering the hobby and if I find that I cannot handle it then I will certainly not be releasing her in my backyard like some of the other idiots that have endangered the hobby. I found a guy who has been keeping retics for 25 years and he is going to help me. Thanks for your concern but I am going to make this work and she will be fine... and if not then I will certainly be responsible and do the right thing...

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