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If this was true why did you give the rescue away????? I don't understand.

I've rescued quite a few snakes (including large pythons) and a majority of them were very defensive. Assuming this was the case with the large Retic the OP rescued you should be THANKING the OP for giving it to an experienced giant python keeper, a beginner keeping a snake like that could be very dangerous, if not downright deadly and everyone knows the reptile community doesn't need anymore negative light cast upon it.