OK. My point is, that goes for diet, enclosure environment, etc. too. I mean, sure, you can find wild snakes in bacteria infested mud, water, etc. and those snakes are surely carrying parasites but we don't want that for our captives. Not if you want them to be healthy and live long. It irritates me that people try to create a dirty muddy wetland in their tank and feed them parasite infested food just because that's what they have in the wild.

Trust me, just stay away from live fish, amphibians, etc. and feed them rodents, night crawlers, frozen thawed fish and they'll do just fine. They don't need live fish or amphibians. They only eat that in the wild because that is what is available.

Think about it. If I was an alien and came down to catch a human living in abject poverty that is drinking contaminated water and eating only rice, is that what I should give them in captivity?... well, you get the point I hope.