Why Do We Have Collections?

[Trochu]

The requirements of multiple snakes is very easy even for the average person to meet. Heat and food once a week, it relatively cheap to keep multiple snakes. They take up a small foot print in the room and require no extra activities. They don't require interaction either besides cleaning and feeding. It's about as low maintenance as it gets for a pet.

My dog takes up more time than 30 snakes I have... a lot more time. When she was a puppy and getting all her shots, she cost a lot more money also. Shes all over the house, and requires a backyard, take her for walks, brush her, hair is all over the house, feed her 3 times a day ect. The requirements of a dog are so much greater than a snake or even 30 snakes.

^Agreed. They are kinda like fish, once you have one, it involves relatively no work or cost to get another. My dog likely requies more attention (feeding/walks/petting/grooming, etc), work (cleaning up after him, vacuuming when he's in shed, etc), and money (he was expensive to buy, expensive to feed, and expensive at the vets) in two weeks than my snake requires in a year. If the requirements of a BP were the same as a dog/cat, and you had more than 10, you'd likely have the SPCA visiting your house.