Quote Originally Posted by enginee837 View Post
Unfortunately due to the fact that we cannot communicate with these creatures the only way to tell that they have a good "quality of life" is by how they thrive. Bp's are notorious for not eating, having poor shed and getting sick when stressed. Knowing this would lead me to believe that if your snake eats well, sheds well and is not sick, it's quality of life is good. Anything beyond that is assumption based on nothing more than personal bias and based on nothing scientific nor factual. But everyone is entitled to their opinion.
I totally agree that is hard to judge how well they are, and I am certainly not saying I am more adept at it than others. My point is that I refuse to justify a neurological condition if it is already hard enough to judge the well being of a normal animal. For me spider is out.