It's really a shame that peoples stupidity forces other people out of the habits that they love. Your right....before to long it probably will be illegal to keep any hots and if not your going to have to pay $200 for a permit and use them for educational purposes only. I can't stand idiots who buy snakes ( hot or not) just to try to impress people, probably the same people who are going to shows buying hots are the same ones killing garter snakes in their back yard thinking its a cottonmouth. I see people all the time buying burmese pythons and the pet shop owner not even bother to warn the people of the size in which they grow to or thew money involved in the enclosre or food when they reach those sizes. its both greedy dealers trying to make a buck anywhere they can and ignorant people that dont know the difference between a Thamnophis sauritus and an Ophiophagus. There are very few devoted collectors that sit there and study every aspect of a snake before they even consider getting it. And here at kingsnake.com i feel that most of you are the best. if there is anything i've learned from reading these forums its that you actually care for and love your hobby. you are truly at the top of the line and im sorry to here that the fact that people are ignorant is causing your hobby to do all but die out.
Chris Stevens
