Many years ago my wife and I were in a pet store in our hometown that "specialized" in reptiles and we overheard the owner telling a mom and her young son that a juvenile common Boa Constrictor makes a great pet that only gets to about 4 feet and needs a small aquarium to house it. I also recently noticed someone on a social media site looking for "feeder corns or balls" and I'm sure that some nice person will sell him some of their surplus "trash snakes." I like my snakes more than I like some people.