Must be nice to know it all and jump to conclusion, you must be an expert in Ball Python husbandry and troubleshooting? How many do you have and have produced again?
That's right you are not a fan of racks to start with even though you just purchased one a short while ago.
See the issue with your post is that somewhere there is also someone with limited experience like yourself that would say keeping a snake in captivity is cruelty and that would apply to you too.
What matters is to meet each specific animal's need and is has been PROVEN that smaller enclosure (extremely small for some) work.
Than again I guess not doing everything in your power and let an animal starve would be less cruel.
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