Quote Originally Posted by GenePirate View Post
Obviously, this inscient political obtuseness is really ticking me off, and I have contacted all of my state representatives (and unless I'm getting lip service, I think SC is oppsed to all this silliness), and also spent hours on the phone with administrative lackies from other states. I hope all of you are doing the same.

Let's fight the good fight, but let's try to get creative in case of "worst case scenario." If this python ban comes to fruition, can we try to reclassify some of the secondary integraded species? For example, if retics are on the list, that should include superdwarfs. If I were a breeder of superdwarfs, I would be on the horn with taxonomists trying to get a new distinct taxonomic designation. Unfortunately, I think it will only bring about a change in subspecies name, but it's worth a shot.

All we have right now is our voice and our vote, but this taxonomy thing is just one idea, and it might not be a solution, but I'm putting it out there so that perhaps it can be a jump off point for better ideas. I don't think that hybridization of all the giants is a solution at all, but I hope that after all of our efforts, if this thing passes, we don't just roll over.
I brought up the exact same thing in a worst case scenario. I also believe the dwarf and super species of the retics, burmese AND the dwarf locality species of BCC (hogg island etc..) need to be reclassified.

You can feed an SD retic a rat twice the size of the snakes middle, every 7 days and they just dont grow once they reach the maximum size.

They are clearly not the same snake.