Hey bball, That was kinda stupid you thinking that he was realy going to release a snake like that. Just think of the resale value those things have if not that it is living thing as important to the world as you or I.
Anyway the real reason for this post is that I am am 23. Probably much younger than most of the guys here. I had a bp for about 10 years and got a burm 1 year ago. Just today I got a real life experience of how a hungry burm will act around food. I opened the cage to remove him cause I feed in the bathroom for now. When I opened that cage he was out and chased me into the bathroom. Nothing too scarry but it made me think of how that would be if he was 20 feet you know. I fully respect these animals and I have learned tons from this forum. I can say that I will probly never own a retic cause I don't have support from friends or anyone to help me. Maybe you will take this from a young(er) guy like myself here and get an anole or something. Better yet find someone here with a nice 10 ft retic, go to they're house and rub a rat on your hand and stick it in there. Multiply that bloody throbing feeling by 20 and you will know why a retic is not right for you right now at least.
With all do respect fellow herper.
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