Big snakes, small enclosures.

[zackw419]

"Should" be kept....

"animal cruelty"....

Another expert with another opinion....

It's not news, not to me anyway, that nocturnal snakes, which all snakes with elliptical pupils are as far as I know, more active at night.

Does that mean you who keep them should only feed when it's dark? Isn't it also cruel to make them eat in daylight when they are normally and biologically disposed to feed at night?

Snakes need to eat, thermoregulate and breed. They don't run marathons. They don't live in closets, though many do prefer tight enclosed spaces for long durations, most do not gather socially and none of the species discussed here do at all.

Anthropomorphism.

Bigger is better for us and may induce what appears to be reptilian exercise or exploration but how do we know it's not just a snake looking for a comfy spot to curl up and wait for it's next meal and not the assumed snake out for a slither to visit friends?

I'm not taking either side here as both work.

It's just funny to me that some of you say you don't have a problem with certain things EVEN THOUGH THOSE CERTAIN THINGS ARE WRONG.

Maybe I'm just anthropomorphizing that though.

Bigger isn't necessarily better but an enclosure that allows a snake to stretch out a bit isn't considered 'big'. IMO