I agree with a lot of what you said. I think giant snakes are 'throwaway pets' for the most part--something that is cool now but future be damned! When your retic hatches 100 eggs, how many of those babies end up going to someone that genuinely wants a 25' snake some day? My guess is not many. And of the ones that do go to someone that wants a giant, how many of those babies are actually going to someone that has both the means and desire to keep it properly? And keep it for 20 years?

It's the same problem that baby turtles have... they are cute and manageable at 2" but at 6" or 12" or 24" not so much. They just get tossed in the nearest freshwater body. Red-eared sliders live on every continent (sans Antarctica or course)! Just so happens that giant snakes are more sensitive to climate otherwise we'd be hearing about them in places other than just the Everglades.
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Josh Loehr

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