Quote Originally Posted by Coluber42 View Post
I don't know about the "fungibility" of snakes and whether that last part is true or not, but a quick Craigslist search in my area always reveals any number of ball pythons people are selling or "rehoming"; most of them quite young, so clearly someone got an animal that could live decades, and then lost interest in less than a year or two.
A lot of those are breeders selling off inexpensive single-gene critters locally since the cost of shipping is high. The rest seem to be big box pet store normals that are overpriced and come with a tank and heat lamp.