Quote Originally Posted by sarahlovesmiike View Post
I just feel like if someone wants a display animal they should get something other than a BP. Because, while they are awesome pets and some do fine (like yours) in nice displays that people can look at, others get very stressed out being looked in upon all the time. I couldn't get my male eating consistently for anything, then we moved and the snakes got their own room with no traffic, except for the daily water change and the cat, he began hiding all the time and eating every week.

Now I'm not saying that a BP shouldn't be in a display viv, I'm just saying that if you want a cool display pet I wouldn't recommend a Ball Python.
Sarah, I completely get what you're saying. But, our family is different. My husband and kids want the snake, I want the viv. I don't want to see snake, I want to see Africa. Ball pythons are perfect for me because you never know they're there until you smell poop. It's perfect for husband and kids because they don't want any snake. They want a ball python... and a hognose (that you don't see too much of either because he likes to burrow under the substrate).

And no, the display vivs are not in the living room or anywhere close to traffic. My family don't visit me anymore as it is, having seen the snakes... I don't want my friends to stop visiting me too when they stop by and the first thing they see is snakes!

So, in my house, I have a giant fish tank in the foyer and a dog running all over the place. They're the only ones you see as a guest. All the rest of the pets - that's snakes, rats, bird, turtles, are out of the way. Rats in the back, turtles in the bedroom hallway, snakes in the office.

What can I say. We're a small zoo.