I live in Ottawa Ontario and recently took in a burm from an owner that could not care for it properly. She has a large scar on her neck and I was told that she had trouble eating when she was young so they tried to force feed her and split her neck. Due to this she is quite small in size, she is 7 years old and only 6.5FT long. She has been eating on 4 small rats each meal instead of one larger rat because I was told her neck can not stretch as much due to the scar. She seems healthy at the moment but I wouldnt mind having a vet check her out due to her history of health issues but the laws in Ontario seem quite unclear and I dont want to take her to a vet and risk having her taken away. It seems that it is illegal to own a snake over 3m. Does anyone know if this is based on the individual snake or the species and if a vet could actually have an illegal snake taken away?

Thanks.