slow growth rates

[fishmommy]

make sure you check local laws AND your homeowner's insurance or rental agreement.

[bonheki]

make sure you check local laws AND your homeowner's insurance or rental agreement.

well the place im moving to is like a block away from my reptile shop and they have a giant retic around 12 ft im im sure soo if they have a reptile shop in that city the should allow snake too soo yea

[bonheki]

big snakes=big attitudes=big appetites=big urates=big poop=big enclosure 8x2x2=alot of space=alot of patience *Retics/afrocks*=lots of money on food bill... i'd just suggest a boa. they get to descent manageable sizes. when that burm hits 7 or 8ft + your gonna need someone else for safety. in my opinion, giants definetly require more then just food, water, and heat.

yes i do have people to help me i have freinds who come by all the time and i have my parents my mom and dad arent afraid of snakes i dont really have a prolblem with that and i was thinking of the burm and a hypo rtb i like one that they have at the reptile shope i got to

[ADEE]

bonheki, you live in Miami, thats only miles from where I live and I know they are getting ready to put restrictions on having these large snakes (if they arent already standing laws because of all the snakes down here that have been "let go" in the everglades), fines and licenses are going to be required before long seriously consider looking it up. Also, just because your local shop has snakes doesnt mean they dont have a license for it or on the flip side, doesnt mean they are doing it legally either.

You are obviously stuck in your mind set on this situation almost to the point of being stubborn, we arent bringing things up to keep you from buying an animal, were all just passionate owners who want to see you (and every herp or animal owner) make the right, responsible choice, keep in mind this is an animal who doesnt simply go away, and as many others have said this is a LONG time commitment. You have come up with countless comebacks to validate you getting this animal and in my opinion, your 14, you dont know it all and there are many many members here who have offered good advise and information to take into consideration.

Thankfully minors cant just go and purchase animals anywhere they please. please take this information into consideration, this isnt meant to be mean/rude/exc. I just really want you to make an informed choice.. and from this stand point.. it doesnt look like it, with all the "yeah, yeah, yeah' im ready, i know, exc)

fishmommy: that was an excellent point.. i hadnt thought of that!!!

definetly check you HOA, rental agreement, exc.. thats a biggy! you could get your family evicted or fined housing an animal like this..

[jdmls88]

just get a RTB

[bonheki]

well i very intrested in the rtb here they have a good selection of rtb's if they have the kind of rtb i want ill prolly get it but i also have my mind on the burm and chondro and ashleyb im seeing goods and bads to burms ive actually seen a 14 ft burm in real life and i know you need to have a helper with a snake that big. you see here i actually wanted to see what kinds of things burms are capabel of goods and bads im mostly getting negative responces here but what i could of done is just stop replying to this thread and just say hey i want a burm ill just get it and not really care what other peopl think right but i dident i think i doing right by actually righting back and argueing a little bit just to see what some peoples opinion soo i decided not to go with the burm ill prolly get the burm after college and for the giant boids you have to get a microcip on them and umm like insurance but im going to move out of florida after im gonna study herpotoligy soo i will prolly move to a place that has a good herpotoligy center
and here are my final choices for the snake i want
dwaf retic,yellow anaconda,red tail boa soo ill check up soo info on these

[ADEE]

I think its a great choice to wait until your done with college before getting a snake that size, You are doing the right thing by getting as much information as you can but you have to understand from the stand point of an adult looking in from the outside.. its easy to have compulsive feelings in wanting a certain animal *right now* but to be honest with you the reward is so much sweeter when you get an animal (or anything) when the time is right.. i wanted red eye tree frogs since i was a kid and now at 23 i finally got them.. I would love to some day have a giant snake but know with small children now is just not the time..

[Shelby]

I also think you'd be better off with a nice RTB. They're really fun snakes (I have 5 and they're just awesome) and a much more manageable size, but still big and 'cool'.