People keep mentioning how it stresses the snake but i thought all BPs have a different personality. Some might get stressed and shouldnt be taken out in public. Others might be perfectly fine. Like misterkyte said, if the snake doesnt ball up or tries to run away and it doesnt stop eating then that would indicate the snake is doing just fine. You have to know your snake. Out of my small collection i have only and would only take out my big normal male out in public. So i think it all depends on the individual snake.