Quote Originally Posted by ChrisBowsman View Post
I'm working on it. I also have a dog and a gold fish.

Let me ask.... why would captive ball pythons not live in the wild? In the wild, they spend the vast majority of their time in a termite mound, exiting to eat and poop. In captivity, they spend the vast majority of their time in a hide box, exiting to eat and poop. Both my snakes eat live mice, which are placed in the tub, not offered with tongs.

They're not like dogs, or some other animal that becomes tamed to the point where it forgets about predators. I've handled them both countless times, never hurt either one, yet if I reach too quickly, or they simply do not feel like being handled, they pull back and ball up.

Aside from the fact that my snakes will live a heck of a lot longer than their wild brethren, I don't think there's really that much difference. And for the record, they're both CB.
well i'll tell you what, if you want to do an experiment...put a gps probe on one of them, release them in their native africa..and watch how long it lasts compared to a wild one, and see what happens