Reasons for getting more BP's

[Rikoku]

Every time a new BP owner states they got a BP and plan on keeping it at one, most members (including myself) state that they thought the same thing and then ended up getting more and more. I'm curious as to every ones reason for getting more than their initial snake.

My reasons are that they can be handled just about anytime (besides 48 hour after eating). If you want to just chill and watch a movie/TV show, they will chill with you. Low maintenance, you can make sure they are fully setup and leave for a few days without worrying too much about them. The fact that they are a good conversation started and they can help someone overcome their fear of snakes.

Another reason is the community, I have yet to meet someone who inst passionate about their snakes and love taking a few mins to talk about them.

Thanks for reading and looking forward to reading your responses.

[BCS]

For me, it because they are pretty and you "gotta catch them all"! My collection is a lot smaller then others and I haven't bought another snake in about a year, simply because of cash flow. But with what I have, such as hets, I can still make ones that I don't currently have, like clowns, pieds (well I have a pied just not the combos), bananas and so on. I do want to buy others as I don't have everything to make everything, but there are like 4000+ morphs out there so I kind of doubt I will EVER have them all, but it is still fun. They are great creatures, beautiful, soft, and I wouldn't trade them for the world.

[LadyEnfinity]

Hi there

I'd wanted a snake for many years, but was never in an environment where I could have one - other people, pets, etc. I was finally in a position where I could get one, and my first was actually a corn snake. After I purchased her, I started checking out all the other shops around and happened upon a privately owned shop where I discovered a beautiful reverse king snake - boom, second one. After that, my boyfriend started getting interested in my new excitement and introduced me to ball pythons.

Well, we then picked up our first - a spider. She's so incredibly sweet, I fell in love with them right away. When we were picking up more supplies for her, the owner introduced me to a gorgeous yellow belly lavender pinstripe - boom, another one
Yet again, out and about checking out the shops (I think at this point I was looking for thermostats) and we happened to find a bumble bee female being sold as a spider. Huge win there.

I thought we were done at that point, at least for a little while, when I saw a post for a normal ball python that was living in a horrible environment. Picked her up and got her set up. It's taken a while to get her healthy, but she had horrible stuck shed and was seriously underfed. She's finally had a very good shed, looking more comfortable and she eats with zero hesitation.

If it weren't for a space issue, I'm sure we'd have more I love them!

[Nitewolfie]

For me, they are like..I guess I can say for therapy? They help me be happy. And as i said in another thread not too long ago, my second BP was an unwanted one(son went off to collage and the parents didn't want to take care of him anymore.) So how could I pass that up? They also live longer than a lot of other pets, if you care for them right that is, and low maintenance as you said. I also like seeing the differences in each one, and most of mine are rescues, and I like to see how they transform over the time of being taken care of properly(although I hate seeing 'em in such bad shape). I still look at my first BP and think, 'wow.. she's four times the size from when I got her!', etc.

[Nitewolfie]

Hi there

I'd wanted a snake for many years, but was never in an environment where I could have one - other people, pets, etc. I was finally in a position where I could get one, and my first was actually a corn snake. After I purchased her, I started checking out all the other shops around and happened upon a privately owned shop where I discovered a beautiful reverse king snake - boom, second one. After that, my boyfriend started getting interested in my new excitement and introduced me to ball pythons.

Well, we then picked up our first - a spider. She's so incredibly sweet, I fell in love with them right away. When we were picking up more supplies for her, the owner introduced me to a gorgeous yellow belly lavender pinstripe - boom, another one
Yet again, out and about checking out the shops (I think at this point I was looking for thermostats) and we happened to find a bumble bee female being sold as a spider. Huge win there.

I thought we were done at that point, at least for a little while, when I saw a post for a normal ball python that was living in a horrible environment. Picked her up and got her set up. It's taken a while to get her healthy, but she had horrible stuck shed and was seriously underfed. She's finally had a very good shed, looking more comfortable and she eats with zero hesitation.

If it weren't for a space issue, I'm sure we'd have more I love them!

haha, I feel the same way. Also, where did you find a bumble bee being sold as a spider?

[Rikoku]

For me, they are like..I guess I can say for therapy? They help me be happy. And as i said in another thread not too long ago, my second BP was an unwanted one(son went off to collage and the parents didn't want to take care of him anymore.) So how could I pass that up? They also live longer than a lot of other pets, if you care for them right that is, and low maintenance as you said. I also like seeing the differences in each one, and most of mine are rescues, and I like to see how they transform over the time of being taken care of properly(although I hate seeing 'em in such bad shape). I still look at my first BP and think, 'wow.. she's four times the size from when I got her!', etc.

Its amazing to see them grow and wondering what their potential is! I love the fact that you rescue BP's. If given the opportunity I would do that same.

[Nitewolfie]

Its amazing to see them grow and wondering what their potential is! I love the fact that you rescue BP's. If given the opportunity I would do that same.

It really is!! And thank you, i'm sure you would too! In fact, I'm sure many people on here would. Right now i'm starting to run out of room, but knowing me i'll make room lol.

[chrid16371]

My girlfriend and I went to pick up a cheap vision cage we found 2 hours away and I asked the person we purchased it from if there was any good reptile shops around and he told of us one and we went and when we got there she asked about bps so we were taken into this room full of racks and started looking. After looking for awhile we came across this super pastel and my girlfriend gave me this look and out the door we went with the snake. This was in January and within 2 weeks I became addicted with everything about them, since then I have acquired 2 more and another that will be paid off on the 24th. They are beautiful fascinating creatures and I just want more and more. I love all my reptiles but I don't have an addiction like I do with bps and don't see me buying anything else but bps for the rest of my life. I literally get excited every time my snakes take there meal and shed with all the amazing colors popping. All the breeding combinations is quite interesting and is something that I want to educate myself on and apply to my collection one day. I also like that each of mine have a few different behaviors that makes them different from one another. I can't really pinpoint why I love bps so much, everything about them is wonderful and fascinating except when they decide to go to the bathroom on me lol I could live without that!

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[LadyEnfinity]

haha, I feel the same way. Also, where did you find a bumble bee being sold as a spider?

It was a Petco - I believe she may be a vanilla bumble bee. Took her over to a reptile shop to confirm her sex and they were just as surprised as we were

[ceh23]

I used to have one growing up. It was a store bought pet. I had to get rid of him when I moved. 12 years later I always wanted to get back into it. I did. Built a 6 slot rack and have 4 snakes but 2 empty racks! Need to fill those! Then I was trolling Craigslist and saw a steak of a deal for 3 five tub rbi racks.....


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