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    Do you pet your bp?

    I have a friend. He calls his tigerpython Christina and pets and talk to her like its his daughter. I never pick up my bp. I feel it makes the same sence to pick up a goldfish and pet it. I actually think it prefers to be left alone. What do you think?

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    Do you pet your bp?

    If you never pick up your bp, how do you take it out to clean its tub?
    1.0 normal bp

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    Do you pet your bp?

    I don't "pet" my pythons but I handle then fairly frequently. Some more than others.

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    I can't help but think this thread would get a lot more action if you had titled it "Do you pet your Balls?"...


    oh...and no, I do not pet my balls...Pettin' is for furry things...
    Lucifer Sam, Siam cat...
    Always sitting by your side,
    Always by your side...
    That cat's something I can't explain...

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    I dont think a BP is like a goldfish though. I dont think they mind being handled. I dont treat them like children but i definately handle them often and it doesnt seem to bother them.

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    Re: Do you pet your bp?

    I handle mine, not everyday but sometimes I'll grab one and have them out crawling around the bed or whatever for a while, during cleaning most get some time out. I like to stroke down their sides gently and watch them get tickly too.
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    *0.1 Mojave *0.1 Pinstripe *0.1 Bumblebee *1.0 Super pastel butter *1.0 Mojave orange ghost *0.3 100% het orange ghosts *0.1 Pastel 50% het orange ghost *1.1 PE Lemonback fires *1.0 Fire *0.1 Pastel *1.0 Albino *0.1 Spider 100% het albino
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    *1.0 Anery motley corn *G. rosea tarantula *G. pulchripes *P. metallica *0.0.2 A. versicolor *C. cyaneopubescens *A. geniculata *B. smithi *B. boehmei *Nhandu chromatus *H. maculata *C. marshalli *1.0 Australian shepherd mix

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    I regularly handle all of my guys and yes, I'll admit to petting them. No, I do not baby talk to them but I will speak to them. They get a good morning, good night, and I'll ask them how they are doing. They each have their own personalities so some will get handled more than others. For example, my albino, Aria, has yet to be shy and whenever I open her tub, out she comes. She'll crawl all over me and if it's feeding day, head straight for the plate to choose out her rat before being put back. My pastave girl, Ceti, on the other hand, is more shy. She'll come out and coil around my neck but then she doesn't want to go any further. If I set her on the floor, she heads straight for a hide whether that's her hide or a pile of clothes. She doesn't get 'pet' as often as Aria or the others who love handling. As babies, I'll handle them quite a bit but as adults, I let their personalities determine how much. By then, it's not a matter of whether or not they are used to it, in my opinion.
    Ball Pythons: 1.1 Pastave (Regulus and Ceti), 0.1 Albino (Aria), 0.1 Lesser (Daenerys), 0.1 Mojave (Sangria), 1.0 Enchi Pastel (Declan), 0.1 Normal (Sydney), 1.0 Lesser pos. het Clown/Pied (Loki), 1.0 het Clown pos. het lavender albino (Liam), 0.2 het Clown (Cara and Milly)

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    i pet my balls lol!! but i dont baby talk them...one of my friends girlfriend baby talks a lot out of her snake and the rest of her animals
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    Re: Do you pet your bp?

    I've got one that I get out all the time and I swear he thinks he's a dog. Lol. He even lets me grab him by the head (very very gently) and rock him back and forth like you would playing with a dog and he never pulls away or tries to bite. I don't talk to them though... That's just weird. Lol.

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    Do you pet your bp?

    I wanted to take him out but my one-room apartment has quite a few places he might crawl into and might get hurt or unreachable

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