Quote Originally Posted by Skyrivers View Post
I am on your side here. I just know that before I purchased Rainbow I asked several breeders about getting experience with retics before getting one and hit a few roadblocks. One of the roadblocks was earning their trust enough to let me come see their place. Breeders often get what they call "groupies" that are just wanting the "large snake experience". Try and never get discouraged. Thankfully I got Rainbow and have worked with her without the "apprenticeship" so to speak that I wanted.
I did the same. No one around me spoke up or owned big snakes. I bought a burmese at 4 ft and hes around 8 now, i have a baby burm, a 5 ft retic and a baby retic. Just learning as I go with them. My next buy will be a Gaboon Viper. I'd really rather learn more about the venomous trade before just jumping into one of those. Need to learn the proper hook techniques, how they approach feeding, opening enclosure safely etc. Things I would REALLY like to learn before owning one.

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