Ball pythons thrive in captivity too, maybe even better than the wild since we cut out all the negative factors that the wild bring such as predators. A snake can thrive in a box with paper towels, two plastic hides and a warm and cold side. Is this replicating the wild?
Humans once thrived in the wild too, some civilizations still do to this day.
I would like to see what your enclosures look like. I doubt they resemble the "wild" that ball pythons come from.
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That is not the wild sorry. Nor does it accurately represent the burrows that ball pythons inhabit.
I never said it was the wild and it is more accurate than any other thing I've been able to find