This may be kind of odd, but read on. I'll try to explain everything as simply as possible.

As part of my college curriculum, I have decided to take on an independent study to give me the remaining credits i need to receive my Bachelors of Science degree from my university. For this study, I chose to create a book for this amazing hobby.

In a nut shell: this will be an information guide; both hard cover and paperback available, 80-150 pages approximately, full color and with TONS of pictures and a few illustrations. I am working with a few breeders and keepers now, and I'm trying to get some other Herpetologists input as well.

My biggest problem is the limited amount of ball pythons i can find. I would like to document as many behaviors, methods of keeping, morphs and whatever else for this book.

If you would like to possibly participate, please let me know (you can PM me, instead of commenting if you wish). I travel a lot for a college student. I travel through New York, up to Rochester/Syracuse/Buffalo. I am 2 hours from the Canadian border. I travel to Pennsylvainia, mostly Philadelphia, scranton, wilkes-barre, etc. From there I am close to New Jersey. I can also travel to Maryland, etc.

I have 9 pages worth of outline, research and other text already, and I am completely dedicated to doing this project because I feel that this hobby could benefit from an affordable book with revelant information. The few books I would recommend are out of the price range for what I would consider to be a novice keeper. I am -very- serious about completing this.

In order to compensate anyone who would find it in their hearts/schedule/etc to let me photograph their collections, I can offer the original files of the pictures for you to use as you see fit (except for profit), a discounted or possibly free version of the book (depending on how many people I'd need to get them for), FULL credit of your animals within the book and a little added blurb about you as a breeder/keeper/hobbiest if I can fit it in, and your contact information in the book if you want to add it.

I have a rather limited time frame in which to do this and plan to get most of the photography done within the next three months. (Nov, Dec, Jan). The book itself will be completed in at least the most minimal sense of the word around April 22, 2009.


You can contact me here, or through e-mail;
saw5536 @ rit.edu