Haha yeah i had a ball python that i kept in a 55 gallon tank with a screen lid and heat lamps. I had him over 10 years before i ended up rehoming him and he was fine. He would have bad sheds here and there which i had to soak him in the sink and use a washcloth to run him through but otherwise he was fine. People worry too much about snakes. They are freakin tough little buggers.