Horrible way to handle. Opinions?

[jclaiborne]

Lol "if you actually pay attention" your funny. I don't care what the animal did in the past, every interaction is different and that was a non aggressive animal. If as you said no one in that room is a "python guy" they have no business caring for that snake. The owner talks about never having the snake out completely since it was a hatchling, this is simply someone that has no business owning the animal. You can like this guy all you want, this video and his behavior in it is doing the hobby a huge disservice.

Agreed 100%. If the guy is in over his head then he needs to realize that, he has no business caring for that snake. On a side note I was also a little disappointed with this weeks SnakeBytes episode as well, Brian built up PP like it was an amazing facility. I have been to the "reptile zoo", the husbandry is terrible, the facility is filthy, most of the repitles on display had mites there are always ants and other bugs climbing in the enclosure and on the animals themselves, the cages are way too small, the staff giving out info was not knowledgeable and they are quick to tell you that the animals on display are also for sale, the list goes on. Even my son who is 6 knew enough to say, "these cages are way too small, all the animals look sick". As an example they had 2 adult rhino iguanas in a tiny (I believe it was a 4x2x2 may have been a 6x2x2) melamine and glass cage and that theme tracked through the entire "zoo". If you spend 10 minutes searching for reviews online you see years and years of the same complaints.