My journey ended happily after all, got a normal female

(I have no idea if I'm posting this in the right section. If not, let me know :))
I just wanted to share this thing that happend to me today.
Today I went off to a reptile show with my brother to see if maybe I was lucky enough to find a female ball python normal or a morph. I've been looking a long time for a female that would ideally be ready to breed or almost ready. So my track began with a good start to the day , up early in the morning and eat a good, healthy breakfast. Took a shower and then I rode down to the train station to meet up with my brother, and off we go with the train to the reptile show wohoo ! We arrived in good time , as I planned that we would do so that we could be one of those who first came in to the reptile show. But once we got there , it was apparently already open, which surprised me. So we paid the entrance and went in and was greeted by a huge gathering of people who came there before us :confusd: I was a bit worried and thought "have all managed to buy up all adult females now?" .. And I was right, I visited all vendors and was told that they had no adult females left to sale so I got very disappointed, they did not have any young females either left, I saw a single female (young) that was for sale but it was a normal and another that I really could not afford to buy (if I had to decide for myself , I had bought her but I got a budget from my husband about how much I could spend on buying snakes lol :() I were also looking for some male morphs too, but I did not find what I were looking for. So I had a bit of bad luck .. Me and my brother decided to go out and get some fresh air (it was very hot in there) and thought about what we should do now, if we were to go home or go back and watch some more reptiles .. we decided that we would go back in again . And at that moment , it was just as if it came out of nowhere, a female ball python at 900 + g just stood there on a desk , a few people stood by her and looked at her, mumbling if they would buy her or not , so I rushed there , waited impatiently for them to move so I could get a look at her too . It was a normal ball python female with a really low price, so I started thinking , I should buy her or not ? I asked if I got to watch her ​​closer , looked in the mouth , the eyes and the back to see if she was healthy, and she was . (I think hopefully she is, I 'm no expert yet) Then I thought, I have not been waiting for over a half year, built me my own snake rack all by myself, bought incubator, traveled all the way here and then go home without a snake with me .. So I appointed myself to buy her, paid 50 eur for her and thought to myself, for breeding or not, this is a snake, and I love snakes! And if I'm lucky, I might have the odds on my side when i'll mate her with my bumblebee, only time will tell. But I'm really happy that i got a relatively large female. :) And before we went home, I bought some frozen mice and rats with me too. So the trip ended good at least! And then I went home with my cute normal (I think it is a normal? Or..?).
I think this will be a good start for me. :)

When you get a new snake, when do you feed them? I'm planning to wait feed her until it's time for my male to eat.

Here is some picture of my new snake.

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Does she look healthy to you?

Congrats she looks good to me. Give her a couple days to settle in, when does your boy eat??

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Beautiful girl! Great banding!


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With a bumble bee pairing, You can still produce some cool spiders and pastels as well as some more bumble bees. I am actually about to feed a specimen I bought last week...if she does not take then I will just wait another week. Let her settle in for a week or so and attempt; however, I have also had snakes come in the mail and eat a few hours later.

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Congrats she looks good to me. Give her a couple days to settle in, when does your boy eat??

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Thank you! :) Actually, it's feeding time for him today, should I try to feed her today too, or should I wait until the next meal time?

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With a bumble bee pairing, You can still produce some cool spiders and pastels as well as some more bumble bees. I am actually about to feed a specimen I bought last week...if she does not take then I will just wait another week. Let her settle in for a week or so and attempt; however, I have also had snakes come in the mail and eat a few hours later.

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Yes, I hope to bring out some pastels and bumblebees from those two cuties. I love those morphes. It's my first time breeding snakes too so I'm really exited.
My bumblebee male that I bought a half year ago ate with no problems the next day, but I think I'll let her rest for a bit, she's been under stress for a long time at the reptile show and the train ride home. When I came home with her ​​so I weighed her and took two photos quickly at her, then I released her into her new home and she began to drink water directly so she must have been very thirsty during the trip.

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Thank you! :) Actually, it's feeding time for him today, should I try to feed her today too, or should I wait until the next meal time?

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You can try today. My 2 that were shipped ate 2 days after arriving. If she doesn't eat just offer again next feeding day

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She is a very lovely girl, she appears very healthy and of good condition. Congratulations on finding her!

I know what you felt like at that show. A few years ago, I had saved money enough to buy a certain morph that I wanted, a female. I went to a reptile show, I got there very early and waited in line a long time. I was so excited and eager. When I got inside, there were many of the morph I wanted, but all males! I was so very unhappy. I had money, I was there early, why did no one have what I wanted? So I decided I would not just buy anything, I knew what I wanted. I looked and looked and looked, but no. All males. Then, as I was getting ready to leave with no snake, a man who was late to sell started putting out his snakes. So I decided to wait to see what he had. I waited and watched, and then...he unpacked two of the snake I wanted. A male and a female! I asked to see the female, and she was so beautiful! I just knew I had to have her. When I asked how much, he wanted just what I had to spend. So I bought her. I was so very happy.

Can I ask, do you feed live or frozen? If you feed live, go ahead and offer the new girl food. If she does not want it, you can offer it again later. If you feed frozen, I would wait until next time so as not to waste the food.

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She is a very lovely girl, she appears very healthy and of good condition. Congratulations on finding her!

I know what you felt like at that show. A few years ago, I had saved money enough to buy a certain morph that I wanted, a female. I went to a reptile show, I got there very early and waited in line a long time. I was so excited and eager. When I got inside, there were many of the morph I wanted, but all males! I was so very unhappy. I had money, I was there early, why did no one have what I wanted? So I decided I would not just buy anything, I knew what I wanted. I looked and looked and looked, but no. All males. Then, as I was getting ready to leave with no snake, a man who was late to sell started putting out his snakes. So I decided to wait to see what he had. I waited and watched, and then...he unpacked two of the snake I wanted. A male and a female! I asked to see the female, and she was so beautiful! I just knew I had to have her. When I asked how much, he wanted just what I had to spend. So I bought her. I was so very happy.

Can I ask, do you feed live or frozen? If you feed live, go ahead and offer the new girl food. If she does not want it, you can offer it again later. If you feed frozen, I would wait until next time so as not to waste the food.

Gale

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You were really lucky there, it was good that you stayed a little more. just like I did. I'm happy for you that you finally found the snake you were looking for! :D
It's also a little hard to find morphs where I live, it is for example forbidden to send snakes in the mail in my country, so you have to look for someone who does not live too far away and have just the morph your looking for.


I feed with frozen food, it is also illegal to feed them live food here in my country so it is almost impossible to find live food, unless you want to spend 10-20 eur for a live mouse .. haha :weirdface.

That was a wonderful story. And your new girl is healthy and beautiful! Congrats ;)

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