I have been breeding ball pythons for a couple years now, and selling the extra babies I make mostly locally. I also run a small reptile rescue out of the house where I take in rescues, care for them till they are free of issues and eating regularly, then I re-home them.
I am pretty selective of who I sell my babies to, and even more selective when re-homing rescues. I go out of the way to make sure the person buying or adopting has their basic husbandry items set up and ready to go before taking possession of the animal. I delay the sale / adoption a little just to make sure they aren't acquiring the animal on a whim. I also provide every single customer with emailed links to the various sections important to newbies on ball-pythons.net so they can teach themselves the basics and then move on to the advanced stuff.
Anyway, enough about me. Here is an email I just got from one of my customers about a baby that I bred and sold. It made me feel really good inside to see that my efforts are actually making a real difference in peoples (and snakes) lives. I thought I would share it with the form that taught me most of what I know.
Hi Mike,
I just wanted to give you an update on the Ball that you sold us.
Everything is going great! We’ve had him a month now and he seems to be happy or at least well-adjusted. He gets a lot of attention from our three daughters and he is handled at least every other day. He has eaten 4 adult mice, and has shed once. We all handle him gently and he is responsive. He has relaxed a lot (he would go into a ball the first few times we took him out of his hide) and is now a part of the family.
All and all, we are very happy. Thank you.
Take care,
P.
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