He's finally here!!

[nicolehh11]

I felt like a little kid at Christmas, couldn't sleep last night and was out waiting for the FedEx guy all morning I was so excited! So here is my new (and very first) BP! He is a lesser platinum morph and his name is Buster. I will take better pics later, for now he's been in a box all day and I want to give him some time to adjust to his new home. I'm hoping he's not too stressed. I haven't handled him at all yet as I want him to get used to his new surroundings. So I hope you enjoy!

[Strange_Evil]

Congratulations on your new ball python and such a beautiful one at that I'm loving his colors,he would definitely make a good future breeder.Where you get him?

[nicolehh11]

Thank you! I'm hoping to breed him in the future sometime, I want to get more familiar with BP's before I start doing any breeding I found him on Kingsnake and bought him from Dave McGowen in Lawton, OK. I think he had some others available, if you like I can PM you his info.

[SlitherinSisters]

He's gorgeous!! Congrats on your first bp and welcome to the addiction!!! And good thinking about the breeding thing. I'm so thankful of the time I had to learn about these guys before I ever started breeding!

My advice, put some fake plants or crumpled newspaper in the tank to fill up the empty space. He looks pretty young, so it's good to get him comfortable right away. When I bring babies home I don't even bother giving them a week to attempt to eat and then put the crumpled newspaper in, I put the newspaper in right away. Doing that usually saves you the first week's failed attempt at feeding (at least in my personal experience). Also the most important tip anyone could ever give you. The hide needs to be snug, he should have to ball up a little bit and be squished. I put crumpled newspaper in the hide if they are a tad spacey for the little ones.

Those are just my two most important tips for new babies. It's exactly what I do, it's not just something I made up or mindlessly repeating! I know you didn't ask for it, but they are tips people gave me when I was first starting and they work great! Actually the tip about putting the newspaper in right away was from a friend of mine just this fall, and it works great! You'll never stop learning with these snakes!

[K2exotics]

He is a very handsome little guy. I can't wait to see how he matures out maybe some day i will be after one of his sons

[DellaF]

Very pretty BP. Your gonna love him.

[DZ Reptiles]

Great way to start! I love his color. He's a good lookin snake

[Dabonus]

Great looking snake. I'm adding a lesser to my collection soon, and can only hope it looks as good at that little guy.

[ballpythonluvr]

Gorgeous! I love lessers!

[RichieBoo]

welcome to the site..mint little lesser.. good luck and any questions just ask..alot of people here to help..