“Though not huge they nevertheless are a threat to traditional pets like cats and dogs. IMO. “
Are you mentally deficient or just too lazy to use Google?
The “biggest” Ball Python on earth can barely gag down a medium sized rat.
Due to the fact that they are essentially _totally defenseless_ against all predators, they live in terror of even the tiniest dog.
A feisty little rat will cause them to ball up and hide their heads, in hopes that the rat will find them boring and just go away.
Keep your fear, ignorance and Freudian phobias to yourself and stop spreading stupidity.
No reply to my original issue.. loosing snakes. So is it OK to release a ball python because they grow to less than five feet.. most are around four feet?
Is it OK to just let one loose? Shouldn't the owner be discouraged from releasing snakes of any size?
IMO the one who loosed the snake should be subject to laws similar to ones that prohibit leaving firearms laying around. The degree of punishment can depend upon the nature of the snake. But punishment for loosing the snake there should be. IMO.
No insult will ever convince me that a loose and hungry ball python would never attack a kitten that it happened upon.
Maybe the adult cat could kill the small python but I have seen film of big cats and big pythons go at. No way could the python swallow the big cat but they still went at it.