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    Hey sexy beasts and beastettes! n00b here

    I'm Ashley. I'm 19 and have 3 ball pythons, a red corn snake and a green iguana.
    My first ball python (Vinchenzo) I got when he was just a baby form a petstore...I know BIG MISTAKE! My rommate got one with me and he ended up dyign after jsut a little over a month.
    I was UBER mad cause I took him to the vet less then 2 weeks before hand and they asusred me he was fine. I had my doubts about the vet who spoke to us cause she seemed more interested in how "cute" the snake was then any of my concerns such as the snakes size and eating habits.
    So I had them pay for ALL the vet bills for him. Surprising how a drop of them being reported to the vet board for malpractice can get you a little slack.

    Anyway after that I just had him.

    A little while later and after I found a reputable pet store where I buy my accessories and such. I bacame friends with a few of the people who work there and they are fellow snake / other reptile owners. they told me about this red corn snake that they had and how he's been brought in fomr a pet shelter cause he was "too active". As soon as I saw him I knew he was to be mine. I held him for a bit and walked around with him. He was indeed active, exploring every inch of my body lol. With in a half an hour I had him named (Odin, 5-5 1/2 feet) and said I'd be there to pick him next week. lol

    I then looked into other stories in my area of people who don't want their snakes cause it "wasn't what they were looking for as a pet"...aka...didn't know what they were getting into...

    I found one guy who wanted to get rid of his pastel and GOLDEN ball python for 200$$!!!!! FOR THE PAIR!! So I went and met up with him and the snakes.
    (I like to handel and see the contidions in which they are kept before I buy)
    He has a decent enclosure. They were in a tank with 2 red tail boas, and a costal carpet python. They were farily cool cause he didn't keep the heat light on often...Didn't like that much, my babies are usually kept between 75-100 degrees F. with their "cool" side at 50-70 degrees F.
    So yea, other then that they had a very nice healthy look about them, clear eyes, active flicking of the tongue as they were handeled, and very good body mass and appearence, clean mouth.
    So I now have them. The female golden python is named Ereequel (3 feet)and the male pastel is named Tneme (3-3 1/2 feet).

    They get along GREAT! At first Ereequel and Tneme wouldn't sleep in the hide with Vinchenzo, they'd sleep behind it under the fake furn. But now sleep contently curled up together in side their hide.

    Lastly is my Green Iguana, named Divinci. He's a juvenile still and is still a but not as much as he was when I first got him....THANK GOD!!!! He'd whip me any chance he'd get, but now is fairly calm and give me the occational scratch when I first take him out of his enclosure, but once I start to scratch under his chin or offer him some spinach green...he's butter in my hands.
    He loves to chill out on this suspended vine I have for him. He just flopps his self over it and sleeps for hours. Very laid back fella.

    Anyway if there's anything you want to ask go for it! This this is long enough! lol

    Have a good one and I have pics up on the picture forum of my little babies

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    Re: Hey sexy beasts and beastettes! n00b here

    Wow.....im way to tired to respond to all of this post, all i have to say is that, you need to separate your snakes, they dont do well together for a number of reasons.
    0.1 Albino Redtail Boa
    0.1 Colombian Redtail Boa
    0.2 Salmon Pastel Redtail Boa's
    0.1 normal Ball Python
    0.1 Ball Python.
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    0.1 Amelanistic Corn Snake
    1.0 Sonoran Gopher
    1.0 Mexican black Kingsnake
    0.1 Luecistic Texas rat snake

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    Re: Hey sexy beasts and beastettes! n00b here

    I only have my ball pythons put together. My red corn and iguana are kept in their own separet enclosures.

    I've always had Vinchenzo with other snakes, he bunks with my friends ball when she baby sits and the two I just got were in the same enclosure as two other boas nearly twice their size and a costal carpet that was half their size.

    So I think my pythons will be fine together

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    Re: Hey sexy beasts and beastettes! n00b here

    And you even let them mix with other snakes, especially boas ?? Boas can sometimes carry IBD which is fatal to pythons (and of course boas) you could be spreading diseases by letting all of these snakes come in contact with yours.
    0.1 Albino Redtail Boa
    0.1 Colombian Redtail Boa
    0.2 Salmon Pastel Redtail Boa's
    0.1 normal Ball Python
    0.1 Ball Python.
    0.1 Albino Ball Python
    0.1 Amelanistic Corn Snake
    1.0 Sonoran Gopher
    1.0 Mexican black Kingsnake
    0.1 Luecistic Texas rat snake

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    Re: Hey sexy beasts and beastettes! n00b here

    If you'd actually ready my post please you'd see that the PREVIOUS owner had them housed with two boas and a castal carpet.

    I didn't post this, but I do keep my new commers in a quarentein (sp?) tank separated until they are checked by a vet.

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    Re: Hey sexy beasts and beastettes! n00b here

    i think i posted the links in the wrong thread... sorry, so i'll post these three links again here:

    http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ousing+pythons

    http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ousing+pythons

    http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ousing+pythons

    and of course... there is more info on this site if you do a search. hope this assists you.
    in light, Aleesha




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    Re: Hey sexy beasts and beastettes! n00b here

    Do not feed your Iggy spinach. It is bad. It won't let the lizards body process the calcium the right way. (I am pretty sure that's the reason Sass gave me) Stick to collard greens and mustard greens. They are a lot healthier for the Iggy to eat.

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    Re: Hey sexy beasts and beastettes! n00b here

    Wow..Umm..I don't know where to start...75-100 degrees? Wait, what? I cant even...

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    Re: Hey sexy beasts and beastettes! n00b here

    Welcome to the site!

    Please realize that folks here aren't engaging in self-aggrandizing behavior, going on a herpier-than-thou binge etc. The collected wealth off information from cumulative experience here is geared toward helping folks make informed decisions about their husbandry choices. If things don't jibe with the way you do them no one can force you to make the necessary changes in the best interest of the herps. But you cant blame us for trying!

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    Re: Hey sexy beasts and beastettes! n00b here

    Ok, as a person who has kept two Ball Pythons together I would like to say a few things. You might think at first that your ball pythons are fine. eating well, and active healthy animals. WRONG, being housed together is very stressful on Ball Pythons. You may have noticed your snakes coiling around eachother? That's not a sign of cuddling or anything like that, that's one snake asserting dominance over another.

    Also, a few health issues:
    If there's mites in the ONE cage, all th snakes get mites.

    If one of the snakes has parasites and you dont know it all the snakes will get them.

    How are you going to know which stool is which so you can tell which snake has parasites.

    They have been known to be CANNIBILISTIC!!
    Those are just a few reasons why you shouldn't keep Ball Pythons together.
    -marshall

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