Hello all, I'm new around here but not new to snakes. After doing research for over 2 years now and talking to various owners and breeders, I've been looking to get a burmese python, preferably a male or at least a half dwarf if I get lucky. Well, the problem? Here in Ohio, a few snakes, including burms and retics, are no longer legal to own due to a freak accident that happened here about 2 years ago. Some of you may be familiar with it but to those who aren't, a guy that lived in a town a few miles from here set loose a bunch of his tigers, bears, lions, etc and then killed himself. Now, a lot of exotic animals are illegal to own and get ready for this. To own a burm, I believe you have to have a permit, pay somewhere up to $300 a year and have at least $100,000 - $500,000 in liability insurance which I think is just absurd. I hate that this has happened because they pretty much did all of this right when I was going to get my first baby green patternless a few months back.
I've talked to a lot of people on various forums and all of them agree this is stupid. A few people even told me I should still go ahead and get one and not worry about all this crap. I know of quite a few people here that still have retics and burms illegally. The only downside is I live in an apartment, though pet friendly, I'd hate having to risk having to give up the snake and then it being destroyed but I really don't have to worry about it though since the office closes rather early and they don't really get serious with people unless they're not paying their rent.
I'm just wondering what would you guys do? All of this just sucks because you guys have no idea how bad I've been wanting one. Seriously, they're no more dangerous than a dog. I'd worry more-so about getting attacked by my neighbors American Bulldog than being harmed by a burm
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