Getting Into BP's

[Reptilius]

Greetings everyone. I am new to the Forum, and hail from Durban in South Africa.

Over the years I have kept or housed many snakes, at one stage having 108 in total.
The collection ranged from Corns, Kings, Milks, African House Snakes, Red Tail Boas, Childrens Pythons, Rosy Boas, Dumerils Boas to Burmese Pythons.
I currently only have a 2.1 Red Tail Boas and a 1.1 Dumerils Boas. Oh and a 1.0 Carpet Python.

I decided about 3 months ago to venture into the world of BP's.
There is a Reptile Expo taking Place in my home town over the weekend of 16 / 17 December, and I have pre-ordered the following:

6 Tub BP Rack, with Heating Cable.
Thermostat.
Temp Gun.
0.1 2103gr Spider Female.
0.1 1654gr Pastel Enchi Female.
0.1 1872gr Normal Female.
1.0 1456gr Pastave Male.

I expect to produce some nice babies in 2018.

I now need to learn some patience until the Reptile Expo, and will post some pics shortly thereafter.

[Zincubus]

Welcome !!!

Looks like we have kinda similar tastes - my collection is pretty varied ..

Breeding snakes holds no appeal for me but I'm intrigued as to how you 'selected' your group of Royals ..


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[C.Marie]

Congratulations I bet waiting is a beast but before you know it you will have your new noodles , can not wait for pictures 😊 best wishes in your new venture 😉

[Craiga 01453]

Welcome to the forum and the wonderful world of Ball Pythons.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Durban is where a lot of the TV show "Snake City" is filmed isn't it?

[dadofsix]

Welcome! And happy hunting for your new Royal. :-)

[Reptilius]

Thank You to everyone for the welcome.
Yes, Durban is where Snakes In The City is filmed, I actually have a pic of myself and Simon together.
When I find out how to edit my profile, I will put it up as my avatar.

As to how I picked my BP's, I have always loved Spiders and what they can bring into the mix enhancing certain patterns, despite the whole Head Wobble issue, I love the look of Spiders. When it comes to Pastave (Pastel Mojave), I chose him because in the 2019 season I intend to breed out BEL, which in our country is still quite expensive, but I want the satisfaction of having produced my own, so a Butter will be purchased at the end of 2018. I chose the Pastel Enchi female because I want to produce Super Pastels, which in turn when bred to the Spider will produce Butter Bee, Stinger Bee etc. The Normal is just because I like to have a natural wild one of the species in my collection. I intend introducing Hypo and Ghost into the mix in 2020.

As for pics, I have to wait two to three weeks before getting my snakes, but you can be assured that I will post pics.

Does photo bucket work here to post pics.

[Zincubus]

Well you certainly seem to know your 'stuff'

As to photo-bucket - pretty sure most stopped using it ... don't they an charge exorbitant fee now ??

Many use the free TapaTalk app which has a built in free photo upload option


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[Reptilius]

It looks like I know my stuff, only because of something said to me on a Reptilr Forum many years ago when I was first getting into Reptiles.
I was advised to do thorough research before getting or keeping any species of snake.
This has helped me over the years, and I did some BP Research before deciding what I wanted, and what I wanted to do in the future.

Thank you for your positive comments.