I see that you're set in your ways Missy

I fully agree with Egapal's last post.
Domestication is altering of behavior from the wild counterpart. And by behavior, I don't mean looking for a water bowl. A wild snake can return to the same stream for water too. I mean an instinctual change from the natural primitive form. A survival instinct. Snakes are truly instinctive creatures, and never really lose this trait even after years in captivity. However, you can't really say that about other domestic animals. They loose many traits, both physically and behavior wise, from their wild ancestors.

Is there a difference between wild cattle and dairy cows? Yes. They look and act different.
Is there a difference between a wolf and a bull dog? Yes. They look and act different.
Is there a difference between CBB BP and wild BP? No. They look the same and act the same, which is why many people can't tell the difference between a wild caught/bred and captive born/bred. I can't tell you how many Ghana balls Ben Siegel has, but they're up for auction weekly. So far to date, I haven't seen anybody say their Ghanas act any different from cbb bps.


Sure, some breeders may say they're breeding for personality, but the majority of ball pythons have a naturally docile disposition... Even wild caught ones. So I guess we can say almost everybody is breeding for personality?? But realistically, most people get into BP breeding for their paint jobs. And breeding a calm dog doesn't mean the puppies will be calm either...You can meet a friendly wolf w/ friendly pups. That doesn't mean they're domesticated. They're still very wild and can survive and act as they do in nature.

Here's a pretty clear example:
I think you said you have a few BPs that will not strike at certain food because it's moving???(Or something along the lines)... Well, not all animals are survivors. Natural selection. Survival of the fittest. But that's only 2(?) out of the BP population. The vast majority will most likely survive if you leave them in Africa. So as a species, they're going to survive in the wild without human aide. You take a population of golden retrievers and leave them to fend for themselves, the majority are going to die because they don't know how to survive due to the alteration from their wild forms. As a species, they're probably not going to survive.... (they would have to revert to de-evolution back into the primitive form otherwise)

Some people say domestication is a form of evolution. The domestic form is derived from the wild form. The difference between cbb and wild BP isn't significant enough to be truly independent of each other. That is why snakes are not domesticated.

If you truly believe that snakes are domesticated, then I suppose I can't really change your mind. But I'm just stating basic biological evolutionary theory.