I notice a few days ago a new member was directed to do an intro in the forums. Of course being a man I never really noticed this or dont really remember if I ever did introduce myself when I joined BP.net earlier this year.

I have always had a strong interest and fascination in reptiles. My mom would never let me have them in the home so I resorted to hunt and capture during the summer months of my childhood years. On average we would catch turtles from the area lakes, crayfish, toads, frogs etc and use my moms garden which she never used as their summer home. We had dug in plastic pools, garbage bag bottem pools for lakes, built in streams, shelters, sand castle homes etc etc. The garden itself was probable 30 feet by 20 feet and we would board it in with wood.

The only rule my mom had was no snakes! And all animals needed to be returned at the end of August to the lakes and ponds from which they were found lol.

Well several years later and new sparked childhood interest from my son...age 6...I was drawn back to my days of fascination with these animals and finally decided to put time and pursue my interest in ball pythons.

I took about 4 months on non-stop nightly research from forums, you-tube, books, 8 ball BHB Ralph Davis etc etc and prepared for the start of what I thought would be a simple race. With everything in place and a 5 shelf rack system my first Spider Ball arrived from Brian at BHB. I believe I shared the story of getting bit within 5 minutes and my wife runnin up the stairs screaming earlier. I believe that was back in January when Nibbles arrived...a few days later my lesser DW who was ordered from Ralph Davis arrived and we had 2. That night I felt this dark cloud come in from the west like a summer severe storm....this cloud was the addiction!!!!!!

Now a total of 3 months later I have 10 bp's.......4 more racks on order...and a wife who hated snakes walking over to DW last night, reaching down and picking him up all on her own. I sat there in awe. Her fear buried inside she told me later she wasnt quite sure why she did it and could barely believe she did. She is still gunshy of the snakes but she is fascinated by them and talks to them if they were our infant son from 6 years ago lol

I apologize for the length of this intro lol. I again would like to personally thank all those here who patiently share their knowledge and passion with us getting started. Without all of the help from you and the amazing support from the breeders in our country I am sure my first two bp's...Nibbles and DW would be nothing more then a beautiful purse for my wife do to my inability to keep them alive

Thanks again and best to luck to us all who deal with the daily fix and needs of our BP addiction....."hands tremoring as we speak"

Troy/Kysenia