Please don’t get me wrong. I realize millions of people keep snakes as pets. I have no issues with this. Years ago we had a pet snake in our family.
In my first post questioned the wisdom of keeping giant aggressive snakes as pets, especially Green Anacondas and African Rock Pythons. I know Burmese Pythons can grow quite large as well, however to the best of my knowledge they are usually quite docile for the most part as pets.
It’s like dogs... It depends on how you work with them and raise them. I know Burms that I wouldn’t mess with without a few people around and a hook. Others, are just big babies. Same goes for retics, anacondas, rocks, carpets, etc.
My big retic girl is a love lush. She loves attention and being around people. She’s quite literally a giant puppy dog. Same with all of my boas and other pythons. On the other hand, I’ve got a pair of garter snakes that are very defensive and quite nippy. What I’m saying is that the bigger snakes are more laid back because they don’t feel the need to fear us like smaller snakes do. They all just want to be left alone in the wild.
Take a guess who is behind all the anti-snake propaganda
[and probably the “giant snake in Jersey”]
http://ballpythonbreeder.com/2009/12/republicans-democrats-and-reptiles/
HSUS/pETA/Obama
The unholy trinity of statist evil.