Quote Originally Posted by CeraDigital View Post
You see, this what irritates me about "non-giant" owners. You complain and nag about how inexperienced people are, and how other people push ownership on others. This person came here looking for information on the best giant, and I laid it out solid for him, as such....




All the non-giant keepers do is see something, and comment, with no true knowledge on what is actually going on. As breeders, it is not our responsibility to be these keepers "moms". If they want a retic, burm, anaconda, afrock, etc, it is THEIR responsibility to determine whether or not they can possibly care for the animal or not; not ours. The most we can do is educate them on the animals. We do not know what their situation is, how much money they make, where they live, or how much knowledge they have...and screening customers....what good is it when you ask simple questions, and they can quickly google them to find an answer. Answers from experienced keepers on forums will even be brought up on google, giving them a quick in....

As for difficulty on keeping them...how difficult is it to keep one, with your knowledge on them? How many giants do you own?

Their care is completely straight forward. They will even feed when ill, sickly, injured, or stressed. Try getting a Ball Python to do that. Their husbandry aspects such as heating, and humidity....very simple. Much more so than with Balls, and the various other pythons available. You don't need hides for them, or anything. The "only" difficulty is cost, and cost isn't all that much now a days with the availability of larger prey from feed suppliers, and lower priced plastic caging made from companies such as Animal Plastics. That takes the costly expense out of custom built caging... Safety is a fairly easy aspect, as long as you learn from the right sources.

The everglades...bs, straight up. If it were being just giants released due to that, then how are there Lemurs, Komodo Dragon, Nile Monitor, Crocodile monitor, various paradise birds, and a large other list of species THRIVING in the everglades? Even various species of theraphosids, and plants have been thriving for decades. Still going to blame that "inexperienced" keeper? Or how about the destruction of all those homes, zoological institutions, rehab centers, and various other facilities during the hurricanes? Ever think hurricanes had something to do with it? What about Green Iguana? Green Iguana have been documented in the southern part of Florida since the 1920's, if not earlier. Long before majority of the exotic pet trade really boomed.
Your whole post is case and point of the attitude I am talking about, keep passing the buck. So burm populations in the everglade are the sole result of hurricanes, sure they are. I see you position and it is pointless to go back and forth with you as it is clear you don't see your role in the negative impact giants are having on this hobby as a whole.