Quote Originally Posted by cinderbird View Post
You're putting human wants onto a snake. Animals aren't like us. As their owners and caretakers, its OUR responsibility to meet THEIR needs, not apply our wants to them.

Ball pythons are known for doing better in smaller, more cramped and enclosed spaces. Other snakes like corns or boas will take advantage of the space and utilize it. Ball pythons, 99% of the time respond by not eating which is a sign of stress, as is roaming. Ball pythons aren't a roaming species. If you're seeing her moving around all the time she is stressed. They spend most of their time under their hides. The only time they really roam is if they are hungry or its a male looking for a female.

The reason so many people keep them in smaller enclosures than an animal of similar size is because they thrive in them. I've had animals stop eating once i moved them to an enclosure that was too big for them. Moving them back to their older homes stopped that behavior.

Thats not to say that people don't make lavish large enclosures work for BPs--they do, but they know how to meet those animals needs before they go about attempting to do that.
Thank you for saying that, i was to afraid to say the same thing.