And I'm not talking about institutions such as zoos...privately held snakes only. It seems like quite a few people either drift in and out of the hobby, their boa or python dies for one reason or another, the snake is given away due to lack of interest anymore, people let them go in the everglades, they give them away because they become too large, they trade them for another species, etc.

But is anybody here actually old enough to claim that they have kept a boa or python from juvenile phase all the way up into their 20 plus years? If so, was cause of death determined?

For instance, I had a Burmese for years and ended up giving him away due to size. If I would have kept him by now he would be about 23 years old...probably deceased by now.

Just wondering...