I understand all the perspectives on this topic.

It seems as though the advice you are seeking should be things that are known ahead of time if you own a retic. On the other hand how can you know until you have been in the situation.

I understand the emotion and passion behind the concern of python ownership and specifically poor python ownership. I have many thousands of dollars invested in my collection and if suddenly I couldn't keep my snakes I would be at a HUGE financial loss. Aside from that I also LOVE my pythons and could not imagine living without them.

So I think it is possible to turn around the situation with your 6 foot snake as I mentioned in the first post. It will take some work and confidence building, but it is doable. On the other hand please make sure to do the right thing so that it does not impact the rest of us. That's all he's suggesting, but in a much stronger tone. I have a feeling you will do the right thing based on your posts.

Have you happened to look at any news posts outside of Kingsnake as it pertains to large pythons? If you search news sites and look at the kind of comments that the general public makes you may even gain a greater understanding of the fear we have of losing our animals. The general public HATES these large snakes and thinks that the are all a menice and should be killed of regardless of the cost, etc. That is very scarey to most of us.

Anyway, good luck with you retic and be careful.

I also think anyone who is on this post should be a member of USARK (please join ASAP).
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