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I should ammend my last statement.

"Taking a plunge" into giants is not recommended, because more often than not, the people who do end up not being able to give good care for their snakes, "releasing" them outdoors, etc.

I've seen too many frat boys with green anacondas thinking that they would be able to properly care for one, and it always ends badly for the snake.

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

I should ammend my last statement.

"Taking a plunge" into giants is not recommended, because more often than not, the people who do end up not being able to give good care for their snakes, "releasing" them outdoors, etc.

I've seen too many frat boys with green anacondas thinking that they would be able to properly care for one, and it always ends badly for the snake.

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You're grouping everyone as a whole, which is fairly irritating. What is your experience with giants? If you have no experience, other than "seeing" what you claim, then why butt heads? As I said, experience is a whole new ball game....where as feelings and "opinions" with nothing valid to back it up other than the abandonment bs is just that...bs.

Taking a plunge is exactly WHAT you do. These are not Ball Pythons, nor Boas. They show a much higher degree of intelligence and awareness...that I will back up. You do not know what to expect off the bat with each animal, so it takes time, patience, and learning with that individual animal.

Anyways, thanks everybody! For now, I can't come close to housing a snake that takes any larger than a 50 gallon, but I love snakes so much, there is definitely some big ones in my future. :)

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Originally Posted by CeraDigital

You're grouping everyone as a whole, which is fairly irritating. What is your experience with giants? If you have no experience, other than "seeing" what you claim, then why butt heads? As I said, experience is a whole new ball game....where as feelings and "opinions" with nothing valid to back it up other than the abandonment bs is just that...bs.

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Just my experience with the Houston ASPCA and local animal rescue centers. I'm not much of a giant snake guy, but I've been around them enough to give them proper respect and try get people to understand what they would be getting themselves into if they ever considered one.

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

Just my experience with the Houston ASPCA and local animal rescue centers. I'm not much of a giant snake guy, but I've been around them enough to give them proper respect and try get people to understand what they would be getting themselves into if they ever considered one.

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Being around them, and keeping them first hand are two different things. I'd take the advice of the experienced keeper, over the guy who's "seen stuff" with an animal shelter before...

Honestly, if it were that hard or impossible to care for them, don't you believe the market would have never held to begin with? As well as that, the information available today would have never been gathered, nor the variety of species never established.

I have to agree with Andrew on these points..

Normally I stay away from stuff like this by only owning one Burm (Darn Restricted Space) but I suppose I have to chime in ;)

I think even if your best bud bobby (Haha I am on a "B" fit) owns numerous giants and you are able to go over there and have hands on with the animals all the time... That is not the same as OWNING one yourself. Sure that would be a lot of fun and great for the mind. I mean picturing a full grown giant and seeing one is different. I took the plunge a while ago and I am having a blast doing it too, I could never see myself without my "Baby". In my opinion nothing rates up to a giant. They are impressive and amazing in every way. I get butterflies just thinking about them. Just remember you can only read and see so much.

My advise is think on it.. Think a lot. I mean this is an animal that if you do take in, you sign that invisible paper saying that you will care for this animal at all cost so be prepared on that note.

BUT if you do decide to get one.. You better post pics :gj:

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Originally Posted by Sasquatch Art

BUT if you do decide to get one.. You better post pics :gj:

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Seconded :D

forget all of this advise. you need to go right for a wc fully grown green anaconda!

on the serious note, im not very experienced with giant snakes at all but from people that I know, they generally started with burms.

a tad of advice,
i love my red tails, but i must say that it is hard for me to find time to take my 7.5 foot girl out, event though she is a baby doll, there is still that chance that something could happen. So i dont take her out unless one of my parents are home. I will admit she does intimidate me, but that is because i know what she has the power to do :)

Im in no way saying my boa is a "giant" but i will say that i took that plunge from BPs to a 7.5 foot female beast of a boa. no in between :) well other than JCPs and such...

now BP to Burm... yeah, i personally would work myself up to a burm... :)

Personally, I'd prefer that if someone comes into a forum such as this, asking for advice, that unless you have actual experience, then don't give "advice". I don't own any snakes larger than a JCP, so I can't five giant advice. I don't see why people are so compelled to post in every single thread, even if they don't have anything truly relevant to say.

If I decided to take the plunge into retics, and came to a forum like this for advice...I'd want the experts to chime in. Imagine my surprise if I bought a Burmese after someone here helped me, only to find out you're on your first ball python that you've owned for three months. Just my .02.