Quote Originally Posted by adam_degel View Post
Its almost as if your telling yourself.. 'i'm done with the dog, i wanna tame a lion' .. i dont have to much big snake experience.. but i find that snake owners kind of put there snakes in this 'pet' category with their dog, cat, fish, etc and dont realize that they own one of the top predators in the animal world? I love and am fascinated with snakes.. but i believe that only large breeders with reptile stores/zoo's should only be able to 'display' these animals in a large artificial atmosphere.. to lock up a 8'+ reptile in a box in my mind is pure animal cruelty.. IMO.. sorry if i offended any of you great snake keepers! but rock/burmese/retic should be able to roam free in their homelands... and isn't this the main reason why great snake keepers in florida have to give up all their snakes? cause people get confused with a burmese being a pet and then letting it go once it gets to big cause there scared and cant handle it?
I wouldnt classify large constrictors as a top predator and I certainly would not compare it to a lion. If I was stranded in a jungle I would much rather run into a large constrictor then ANY big cat.