Quote Originally Posted by JoshJP7 View Post
I didnt say it was great for them to fall... Its like a kid.. Your tellin me as a kid you never did something stupid that could have hurt you?? I know from experience Ive shot my self off of several jumps only to come crashing to the ground... I was fine bc I was young and my body can take it... If your going to say a snake cant handle a 2-3 foot fall then maybe you should go into the wild and see a snake fall 10ft from a tree and be fine... Theses animals have been around for millions of years... If they were fragile like glass they would have become extinct thousands of years ago...
Yes, we've all seen the animal planet show with snakes falling from trees 12-15 feet high. Black Mambas, jungle carpets and other ARBOREAL SPECIES.

All snakes are built generally the same, but have differences that make them suitable for a certain type of habitat.
Ball pythons are short and stocky with a rounded A shape, suitable for terrestrial ranges.
Jungle carpets, GTP are built strongly with the general O shape, but are incredibly long to help them climb fantastically well in the trees.
Bloods, anacondas and other water snakes are built with an oval shape best suited for water and boggy habitats.

The point is again, they are not arboreal and are not well suited for climbing. If you are going to argue that Balls are excellent climbers, do some research and convince us that its true. I don't see the benefit of letting a ball python potentially harm itself by letting it climb to some heights when they WILL fall eventually.