It’s not illegal to have non-venomous snakes as pets. Though Boas are better than Pythons. They are less likely to bite the owner. And they don’t get as big. A Python gets big enough to kill a human so it’s maybe not so wise to have one of those. But if people are allowed to have Rottweilers and Pitbulls, why not Pythons? A Pitbull is far more likely to kill someone than a Python. Just feed the Python once a month and you are golden.
One of our own FReepers keeps very large Retics [and I mean *very* large] and they are gentle, spoiled babies.
There is 140lb of sweet and gentle Rottweiler asleep at my side while I type this. Once in awhile I run into someone who’s scared of them and minutes later he’s charmed them out of it. Mongo is a great ambassassador for the bread.