I wonder why he wasn't worried about getting squeezed when that snake gets older instead of bitten. I don't agree with making snakes into "pets." They belong out in nature. JMO.
Most constrictors bite then wrap around their prey rather than the other way around. They grab food and coil tightly around it, which would be why he is worried about the biting, which can lead to the squeezing.
My corn snakes would likely starve out in nature. They are several generations captive bred. Two are morph colors that would get eaten pretty fast, and neither has much of a bite reflex. Same thing for my leopard geckos, crested geckos, and frog. All were captive born and bred, and they are definitely pets, all are handleable, and most are perfectly happy to hang out on my hands or shirt while I do something else.
My opinion has always been animals born in nature belong there, animals humans have had breed in captivity should not be returned to nature. (Not counting endangered species recovery, but most of that has been screwed up as well.)
All of my snakes top out at 6 feet, are of unaggressive, and non-threatened species and are known to do perfectly well with minimal special care. Same thing with the lizards. How is that very different from people keeping a gerbil or a hamster? Those are hardly considered exotic, but retain as many of their wild instincts as my snakes do. I remember hating handling the farmed hamsters when I worked at a pet store more than the reptiles. I was bitten by many more hamsters, yet you can own a hamster almost anywhere.:lol-sign:
Heck cats are one generation at any given time from being feral, just depends on whether they're born near people or not.
I think I went on a tangent, sorry.
--Mia