Quote Originally Posted by kibakiba View Post
Imo, it's not healthy if a snake just lays there. They need exercise. The snakes I have get taken out every couple days to be put in a warm bath, in the grass if its warm and dry outside or on the floor so they can move. I don't know how people can like snakes that lay there like they're dead all day unless they're hungry or thirsty. That's like humans nowadays and look at how big people are getting.
Again, you're comparing the snake to humans on an extreme level. It is 100% against the snakes instincts to want to "exercise and explore". If you where a baby snake in the wild, who ventured out for anything other than absolute necessities, you would be a defective snake with bad genes, and some random critter would surely eat you. The snake does not "lay around" and get fat like humans, the snake lays around because it's safe in it's environment, and going out and "exploring" in it's natural setting would lead to it getting preyed upon.

Sometimes it amazes me how much people want to compare 2 completely different species with completely different needs. One of which has a highly complex brain to one that has an extremely basic and primitive brain. If you where comparing elephants or dolphins to humans in terms of "needing" things, than I could see your point, however a snake? Not a chance.

This is part of the reason I no longer keep snakes in such volume or interest as I used to, as a healthy snake isn't a very fun snake to watch or interact with. Now give me a half starved snake, and that animal will make an excellent display/captive critter with how much he'll move around his enclosure desperately trying to find food. My snakes I have now are strictly for the commercial pet industry (with the exception of my girlfriends few snakes).