I have faith in ridinandreptiles's ability to care for reptiles. Everyone has to start somewhere when keeping a new species. Part of being a responsible keeper is knowing when you're in over your head, and he did the right thing by giving the rescue the home it needs rather than having it suffer because he was inexperienced at the time. If he kept the snake even though he couldn't care for it, it'd be neglect at best, or considered hoarding. Some of us own dogs, does that mean we could all handle rehabilitating an aggressive, abused individual? Does that mean we should never consider owning dogs again? Now that he's in a better place to consider owning a giant, instead of picking up a hatchling burm at a show and blowing up the boards with SOS posts, he talked to experienced keepers and is asking our advice. He's got more snakes and experience than a lot of people on this board, and he's shown time and time again that he's committed to them.
That said, ridinandreptiles, figure out your what your workload entails with the new ratsnakes before picking up a giant. After that you have my blessing. I'm totally inexperienced so I can't give you any other advice than "the purple albino retics look the coolest!"
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