This is why parents shouldnt go out of town...

[SnakeEyes]

So my mom and dad are on a two week cruise on a much needed vacation, so I went to the pet store to get a mouse for my male BP and the guy at the shop said they got a shipment 2 nights ago of 500 baby ball pythons. They soaked em in water and all but a few shed last night, which they arent selling till they do, and they will begin feeding them tomorrow. So I asked if they had any females, dumb question I know, but the first 3 we checked were all males. So when we found a female I was like, meh, why not, for $20.00 cant go wrong right? I did buy some of those tub things that have the drawers on em, but now i think those will be two easy for them to get out of, I am having to rethink my game plan, but gotta do something so she can get some heat. I grabbed some aspen bedding, a new UTH for her, just need something to put her in, any suggestions are welcomed. Now, onto the pics:

[jamesw]

Should have got the stuff before you bought the snake.
With 500, they werent going to run out.

[SnakeEyes]

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u.../100_00151.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u.../100_00121.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...1/100_0010.jpg

not worried about them running out, not worried about anything in general, but i liked it at that price and they said after feeding em all tomorrow they were gonna go up. Shes fine now though, got her in a tub with the aspen beding and the UTH going with a thermomater. Tomorrow ill try and feed her and ill pic up a thermostat and a hydrometer as well. once again, sorry for the crappy pics from my crappy camera.

[elevatethis]

Well, you've got yourself a CH ball python. If you want it to eat, give it plenty of privacy, the right temperatures/humidity, NO HANDLING, and she should settle in fine.

[SnakeEyes]

CH?.....whats CH mean? or do I not wanna know?

[Sausage]

CH?.....whats CH mean? or do I not wanna know?

Captive hatched. Nothing to really worry about IMO. That just means that mommy and daddy were wild-caught(WC for short.)

[SnakeEyes]

isnt CH a good thing then? and how can you tell?

[jamesw]

You can tell because they had 500 of them.
Its not good or bad, just whatever...

[SnakeEyes]

oh, ok, as long as its not bad then I'm fine. Shes one heck of a cutie though, my male is gonna have a cutie to be with in about 5 years lol.

[Sausage]

isnt CH a good thing then? and how can you tell?

It really depends. Sometimes it can be negative, other times positive. Some CH along with WC are known to be nippy. The ball pythons that somebody like Adam raises are called Captive bred(CB) which means that the mommy and daddy snakes are from CBs or of a later generation.

So really, CB is just a fact, not really a good or bad thing.