Why is this considered acceptable?

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Originally Posted by MesoCorney

Big snake girl you are making the assumption that all snakes need the same amount of enrichment and space relative to size. Snakes occupy many different niches in the wild so this is simply not true. If a ball python thrives well in a space you deem to small than isn't it really more of an opinion at that piont? If I am being honest an opinion you do not seem to have much proof of.

It doesn't matter how much enrichment a species needs, space should be offered regardless. Only fossorial snakes spend the majority of their time underground doing nothing. Even ball pythons, which people like to spread the myth they spend their lives in burrows, spend a good amount of time moving around in the wild. In fact, there are localities of ball pythons where the males spend their entire lives in the trees hunting birds, and only come down to mate. The females move to the ground when they reach a certain size to hunt mammals.

The majority of pythons and boas don't need quite as much as say, an active colubrid. Here I would differentiate by advising Lenght+Width=snake's length (and generally 18-24" of height) for the boids, and Length=snake's length for an active species like a corn or other ratsnake. Sure, not all need the same space, and I never implied it, but all (short of fossorials) should be allowed a base line of more than 1/3-1/2 their length.

I also don't see how saying snakes should be allowed space is antropomorphising (not saying you're saying this MesoCorney), nothing about that is ascribing human characteristics to them.