Arguments for keeping ball pythons<3

[Bogertophis]

Well, I'm pretty sure the snakes sure don't mind being in captivity, they get an onslaught of free food on a regular basis and oftentimes they don't even need to kill it themselves! Not to mention the weather is always perfect and someone comes and cleans up after them and there are no predators to hurt them.

For a simple creature like a snake, I suspect this is the closest thing to paradise they have, especially for species like bps that don't care to move around much if they can help it.

I have a similar thought about the rodents we feed to our snakes: they have it pretty easy...food, water, shelter, housecleaning, medical care, dating service, &
only one ultimate predator at most.

And as far as reptiles, I'll never forget the time (when I lived in the CA desert) that I found a tiny night lizard that had gotten into my house and was trying to figure
out how to get a deal like the leopard gecko had: the night lizard was sitting on the screen top, looking in..."where do I sign up?" (I did end up accommodating his
wishes, so tiny & cute!)