Axanthic Ball Python!

[reptilesbeforemammal]

I was wondering regarding a price on an axanthic Ball python I found on BHB Reptiles.
It's 300. Yet it's simply gorgeous, and born earlier this year!
i've heard many great things from BHB, and would like some community based input!

[reptilesbeforemammal]

http://bhb-reptiles.myshopify.com/co...ll-python-male

[Pythonfriend]

Brian Barczyk (from BHB) and Mike Wilbanks are the biggest breeders; BHB has a permanent collection of between 10000 and 20000 animals.

i dont think you can go wrong here.

[reptilesbeforemammal]

I've just heard of their reputation. And I can spend that money.
Well I've got to buy a tank and all the goodies first.


Funny, my last name is wilbanks aswell, what're the odds.

[Badgemash]

I'm not certain if that's the exact one you get in the pic, but if that's generally representative of their average axanthic male (I suspect it is from them) then I'd say go for it.

ETA: is there a reason you're looking at a male instead of a female? Just curious.

[Archimedes]

BHB is great as far as their animal quality goes. Only 300 for a male? Wow, they've gone down since the last time I looked.

The only major problem I've heard from BHB is mites, but treatment and QT can knock those out easy. Always QT new animals no matter where you get them.

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[reptilesbeforemammal]

I'm not certain if that's the exact one you get in the pic, but if that's generally representative of their average axanthic male (I suspect it is from them) then I'd say go for it.

ETA: is there a reason you're looking at a male instead of a female? Just curious.

I've read (No real experience here, only text intelligence haha) that the females get much larger. and I want to keep it under a maintainable size as to where I will never need two people to pick it up or anything.
Now my turn for the questions, why do you ask?
Inform me of more differences, since I know I don't know them all!

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BHB is great as far as their animal quality goes. Only 300 for a male? Wow, they've gone down since the last time I looked.

The only major problem I've heard from BHB is mites, but treatment and QT can knock those out easy. Always QT new animals no matter where you get them.

Sent from my warm hide

I'm brutally new here, so I need some filling in!
on the terminology there, QT?

[kat_black181]

A female will only get to about 4.5-5 foot, at the most. In rare instances they have been larger.

[Marrissa]

I've read (No real experience here, only text intelligence haha) that the females get much larger. and I want to keep it under a maintainable size as to where I will never need two people to pick it up or anything.
Now my turn for the questions, why do you ask?
Inform me of more differences, since I know I don't know them all!

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I'm brutally new here, so I need some filling in!
on the terminology there, QT?

A female ball python usually at most gets to 5 feet. You will never need two people to manage a ball python. They don't get that big. I made the "mistake" of buying a male ball python as my first one. I thought I'd never breed so I picked a male so he'd hopefully be smaller. Well two weeks into owning him and finding this forum I knew that's exactly what I wanted to do one day. But now I have a male taking the space where I could have a female growing up to size for when I'm ready to breed ball pythons (in about two years). Now don't get me wrong he's my favorite, but I sure do wish he was a she. If I were you, I'd start with a female.

QT- quarantine.

[Archimedes]

Quarantine! basically, you keep your new ball separate from any other reptiles you have, preferably in another room so there's no chance is contamination from the newcomer. That way, if the new guy has any health issues (respiratory infection, mites, pathogens, parasites), they can be monitored and treated without concern of spreading it through your collection. The reccomended amount of time for QT varies between a month and three months, but it's personal preference as to how long it lasts.

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