Is it ethical to keep snakes in rack systems?

[Adam_Wysocki]

Is it ethical to "keep snakes" at all?

There are many that say no ... as well as keeping dogs, cats, and even fish as pets.

Morality and ethics are many times in the eye of the beholder so to speak ... I for one am happy that I live in a country where no one person has the right to impose their own personal ethics and morals on me.

I keep snakes in racks because I feel that's whats best for my animals ... over the last 25+ years of keeping snakes, I've used cages, tanks, racks, tubs, and everything in between and in my experience, the animals don't care one way or the other ... if people don't like it, I'm cool with that ... that's their own personal feelings ... but if those people try and tell me that I'm "wrong" because their own personal feelings and/or opinions don't jive with mine ... well, they can go flock themselves. (can I say that? )

I encourage everyone keeping these animals to "try" instead of "judge" when it comes to the various methods of husbandry that people use. It may open your eyes to something new or at least give you a real reason to point at something and say "that's not for me" other than because you read about it and decided that it was "wrong" without trying it for yourself.

Just my $.02

-adam