Quote Originally Posted by MarkieJ View Post
A snake doesn't like or dislike, that's a human characteristic that we cannot impart on them. So in that way I agree with you. However, we can observe their behaviors and make inferences. Snakes are pretty simple creatures. If they're cold, they move to a warm spot. If they're hungry, they eat. If they gotta take a dump, they'll wait until you've given them fresh bedding... No we can't get into their systems and see if a particular activity is stressing them, but we can observe them before, during, and after the activity. If they are calm, continue eating, pooping, breeding, and all their other normal activities... I'm gonna infer that the activity is not stressful.
That's one way of looking at it.

Another way is to look at the natural history of the animal and provide for them accordingly. Taking them out in public in the middle of the day is quite truthfully the full opposite of what their natural habits are like.

Later, Matt