hm.. thats really unfortunate. I mean, I get that they are an invasive species and the line needs to be drawn somewhere to prevent them from continuing on, but the real line of where they will stop isnt going to be drawn by how the pet burms are regulated. Its going to be determined by how far north the wild burms are capable of surviving(I think I read as far north as the DC area, though it wouldnt be enjoyable for them) Burms are still going to be smuggled to different states if is a fantastic genetic variant that cant be found in the buyers home state legally, and none of that changes the fact that the ones being sold 8/10 times will be caged their entire lives. No one that worked so hard to get one would release it into the wild. Especially after having paid a the G's for it. As far as im concerned however much of this country they can survive and thrive in already belongs to them, but it does have limits, once all of the habitable space is too crowded they may just start cannibalizing, and start regulating their own numbers. I really dont see how limiting where the pet burms go does much of anything but give the less logical and more prone to fear a better nights sleep because SOMETHING is being done. All they are doing is killing burms in the pet trade. Eventually because everyone has stopped breeding the little sweethearts we know and love, no one will be able to find pet burms anymore, leaving ONLY the wild ones no one appreciates.

Its really unfortunate im coming into this at the end of burm breedings life span. I think I im going to have one clutch. They'll probably all be normals or hets, but I dont mind. I'm sure ill be able to find homes for all of them eventually, and then I'll contently Love my normal(and hopefully albino XD) into their old age and give up hope of ever getting a blue eyed leucistic. I swear. The man stomps on anything and everything fun. Education, and better regulation would make this so much better. If they were simply to require anyone that owns a large constrictor to become liscensed, and have to share the specifics of their large constrictor collection regularly, anyone who lost a snake, or set one loose could be held accountable for that, near immediately(I suppose in the event of death you would take photos of the body to prove that it had passed away and not dissapeared from your care.). If you got fined for it and it was a sure thing you would be held accountable people would think about it a lot more before persuing a large constrictor, and take better care to make sure there werent any escapes. It would no longer be worth it to badly jerry rig a cage out of the supplies in your back yard. I dunno, I guess im a little late here. Not much to be done now I suppose.