OMG disaster.

[Bogertophis]

This is why I believe there should be an application process for purchasing such animals....

If you can't pass a general competency test and show proof of a proper enclosure and living space you shouldn't be able to purchase the animal...

But for the "GIANTS" I believe it should be the responsibility of the breeder to make sure the buyer is qualified to keep such animals. If this were the case, maybe our hobby doesn't have the rep it has, maybe FL doesn't have the invasive snake population it has...we'll never know since we can't go back in time.

OP, please understand this is IN NO WAY a dig meant for you.

I "second" this...and also for "hots" (& I have owned hots in the past for some 20 safe years, btw). Either one is too dangerous to belong to just anyone with cash
& enthusiasm, & what's more, regulation IS feasible. Even though the "barn door has been open for a while" it's not too late to regulate. We have to think about
what's good for our country (human & wildlife both) as a whole, and also about the improper care given to many dangerous exotics that end up in the wrong hands.