Quote Originally Posted by Genetics Breeder View Post
I think quality of life is an animal living happily. The people that posted above thought it meant that it was staying alive (eating, breeding, and growing)
So how do you quantify happiness in a ball python? Most of us who work with them will quantify it with the fact that they eat, breed and grow. Unhappy = stressed. Stressed = not eating, not breeding, contracting illnesses as a result of a suppressed immune system from being stressed.

Go read the thread if you want.
I did read it.