I think that largely depend on how well you care for it and where you get it. I believe it’s cruel and unethical to keep a wild snake as a pet, since they will be in a constant state of fear (especially if you try to handle them). If you simply put a snake in a box/tank where it can never fully stretch out (like keeping an adult ball python or corn snake in a 20 gallon tank for example) then it can be cruel to keep a snake like that. Same with the tiny rack systems many breeders use (though it is possible to use properly sized racks). Housing most snake species (except garter snakes for example) together is also cruel, since the vast majority of snake species (and reptile in general) are solitary and will be stressed when they are forced to be in close proximity with another snake. The people doing this are typically the same people who keep their snakes in an enclosure that would be unsuitable for a single snake as well. I don’t personally think it’s cruel to have a pet snake if you get it from a rescue or ethical breeder (not Petco or Petsmart) and give it a properly sized enclosure with lots of hiding and climbing enrichment. The people who think they can just grab a snake and plop it into an tiny box with only a water dish and a single hide should not be keeping snakes (or really any animals) in my opinion, and I wish this wasn’t so common, since it gives a bad name to all of the keepers that actually work hard to give their snakes good lives. The enclosure should look like a jungle (except for maybe something like a sand boa), and there should be lots of things to climb on and explore for arboreal or semi-arboreal species.
To address another aspect of your question, snakes (especially those commonly kept as pets) are pretty simple cognitively speaking, so I don’t really think that’s as much of an issue. As long as all of their needs are met (some secure places to hide, a thermal gradient, water to drink, branches to climb and rodents to eat) most are as “happy” as they can be. Snakes operate on instinct, so as long as they have no need to be afraid they don’t have much else to worry about. One caveat to my answer is that I personally think it is wrong to keep a snake like the Eastern Indigo snake as a pet, since they travel huge distances in the wild (up to 13 mile territories), and are quite intelligent. I don’t really think it would be feasible to provide them with the space they need to thrive (though they are one of my favorite snakes and I would love to have one if this weren’t the case).
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