We just got our first Ball Python last night! We are the owners of 22 corn snakes and just became registered breeders with the ACR. We didn't think we'd have any other type of snake. I had a Burmese Python over 20 years ago but wasn't told the proper care so it died just 3 months after I got it. Jacob, my 11 yr old has been wanting a python so when a guy my husband, Mike, works with wanted to sell his Ball, we went and saw it and fell immediately in love with it! He had only had it for 3 months or so and never had it sexed. It is a normal 09 and that is about all we know. We checked it over for mites and such before leaving with it. It looks pretty healthy from what I can tell, but it is my first BP. Here is a few pictures!!
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http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Fn29j6y5oF8/S-...2/IMG_0047.JPG
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Fn29j6y5oF8/S-...47b%5B1%5D.jpg
If it is a girl it will be Vesta and if a boy Cenarius
So glad I found this site! I am also on Corn Snake Forums (as 4riscorn)