You know, i was one of those people to who didn't do my research at one time and after a few years of owning RTB's i bought a reticulated python at a reptile show because after i took her out and held her i knew i had to have her. She is the perfect big snake, always eats, never bites or strikes at people no matter what. And although i did no research initially i had the knowledge of owning rtb's and that helped quite a bit, over the few weeks after my purchase i began researching and have made her husbandry as perfect as i know how and she is growing and thriving very well in a large (10'x10') cage. But due to my not researching before i bought i didn't know they were trying to pass a law in my state against retics. Now less than a year later i am being forced to get rid of her due to changes in my state law and because stupid stupid stupid people can't take care of there pets. I'm sorry this isn't related to alligators, but i think this has a lot to do with the fact that that's why there aren't many adults.