I held a snake for the first time!

OK, so my daughter put the bug in my ear about Ball Pythons and I started to look into them. The more I read and watched, the more I thought that this would be perfect for me. I am probably about a year away from being able to get one as I do not have a place of my own right now. :(

So, I have been doing my research. I have a plan to build a rack that will be able to handle 2 Ball Pythons from babies to adulthood. I am going to let my daughter pick one out and call it hers, and I'll pick another one out. :snake::snake:

Well, part of my research involved me going to the pet store between doctor appointments today. They had 2 Ball Pythons there, a Pastel and a Normal, both about 3 or 4 months old. I asked to hold the Pastel and I fell in love. Unfortunately, I could not take him home, but I did confirm that Ball Pythons will be a part of my future. :gj:

This was the first snake that I ever held, and he just curled up in my hand. After a while he started exploring a bit. It was awesome. It seemed that he may be getting cold, so I held him close to me and he curled up and rested his chin on my hand to look out. :)

I guess I'm hooked!

Aw I'm glad you had a good first experience holding a BP! My first time holding one was a few months ago. I was at Petsmart buying some dog food and I saw that their ball pythons were pretty active. I asked to hold one since I never have before.

As soon as the employee placed the snake in my hands it struck at the guy. I gently stroked it to try to get it to relax but it stayed in strike position and I swear it almost looked like it was glaring at the employee. After he put it back in the cage he told me that they only had it for a few days. I really wish he wouldn't have let me hold it if they haven't even had it for a week! The poor thing was probably stressed because I'm guessing it's been held many times in these last couple of days when it should have been left alone for a week to adjust.

first time i held a snake was at a festival at my uni in 2014: all the groups and clubs were out around campus, the biology department too. they had so many cool animals, as well as a couple ball pythons. i had seen a friend of mine owning one as a pet on social media, so i thought "they're cool, right?" and asked to hold her. she was amazing; it was seriously so cool!
6 months later (and after MUCH research) i took the plunge and brought home a two-month-old ball python. just brought my second BP home on 1/20/2016.
they're amazing animals, and i hope you get to bring one home some day!

Have you posted pictures of your latest?

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Originally Posted by Bassball Fever

Have you posted pictures of your latest?

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here's her progression thread which i will hopefully update tonight when she eats!

It's pretty cool isn't it? First time I held one is when I was a kid. It was a brown water snake and it bit the crap out of me pretty much any time I touched it the whole time I had it. I got bit a lot back in the day when I was spending a lot of time catching snakes. lol

Congrats on your first time BF! :)

this sounds so similar to how I ended up with a BP of my own. my son wanted one, so we ended up with two. I thought it would be kind of a cool father son thing and we are loving them!

That's awesome! I remember when I held my first big ball python, it was at NARBC in Tinley Park IL. It was a female pied that just laid eggs, the guy was selling her for $800. I should have bought her right there and then, but ended up buying two smaller pieds, a male and female for $400 each. After that I was hooked!

The first time I held my snake was like in the Christmas break. It was a very weird feeling to feel the scales. Haha