Quote Originally Posted by Deborah View Post
The only benefit will be for you, to show off, there is no benefit for the animal it is actually stressful (stress can lead to health issues), additionally over the last 10+ years snake keepers have been under tremendous scrutiny in the US (and if it happens here is can happen anywhere), with law makers trying to ban snakes, passing new laws in that effect, the people you will meet at the park will not likely perceive a snake as a good thing, do not become one of those giving the other side ammunition to push laws. You want to take you snake outside do it in your backyard do not expose the general public to it, there are enough bad headlines.
Thanks so much for responding. I like to consider myself a very responsible pet owner, and honestly wanting to take him to the park is about exercise but also for my son so we could have some more naturalisitc pictures. Take a blanket, snap pictures. Jolly good time. ;p

Also if we had a backyard I would be using it. Sadly we do not. I always
See ppl with pictures, able to enjoy their snakes in their backyards. And I'm not going to take public transit or drive to my friends house for something like that= even more stress. But oh well.

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