you know you own a ball python when.....

--When you go to look in the cage and never see the snake out of its hide


(everyone add one if you can think of one :P)

You know you have a ball python when you look in their hide and THEY ARE MISSING.

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Originally Posted by sarahlovesmiike

You know you have a ball python when you look in their hide and THEY ARE MISSING.

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Not funny!! That just happened to me over the weekend. A frantic search turned her up after a couple hours unharmed, thankfully!

You know you own a bp when... You see more bowel movements from your snake, than you do your snake.

when you ask, why is my bp not eating?....LOL

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Originally Posted by jben

when you ask, why is my bp not eating?....LOL

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LOL.

That has to be the comment of the year...

And so true!

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When u have a whole space just for mice/rats in your freezer :P

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Very true!

When u have a whole space just for mice/rats in your freezer :P

When you are like me and have seven beautiful tank set ups that look empty.

...when you have had to explain to a family member that this will be the last snake you buy for a long time...and your next post on the forum is "What should I get to pair up with my new -----?"

When you visit a pet store on vacation 500 miles from home, just because you heard they sell frozen ASFs...

Seriously, I did this a few weeks ago! :oops:

One more... when you owe money on your credit cards, but choose to make payments on a new "must-have" morph instead. :colbert:

(and yes, I am guilty of this one too!)

When your only reaction to getting tagged is to laugh because you know it's your own silly fault.

When you over hear your 14 year old son ask his friend if he wants to see his dads Balls and you have to explain to other parent before they call the police. :rofl: :rofl:

I do have a large Python but I dont talk about it to everyone I see.

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Originally Posted by tonyaltn

When you over hear your 14 year old son ask his friend if he wants to see his dads Balls and you have to explain to other parent before they call the police. :rofl: :rofl:

I do have a large Python but I dont talk about it to everyone I see.

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:O.....:weirdface .........:8:.......:rofl:

oh Wow !

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Originally Posted by tonyaltn

When you over hear your 14 year old son ask his friend if he wants to see his dads Balls and you have to explain to other parent before they call the police. :rofl: :rofl:

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OMG... LOLOLOL!!! :8::8:

One time I was at the East Bay Viv, and told the clerk "I'm going to check out your balls now..." Only a snake person would say that, and realize later that it sounded odd. :weirdface

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Originally Posted by DeadLegs

When your only reaction to getting tagged is to laugh because you know it's your own silly fault.

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And to go along with that, when you get tagged and your first thought is "Grab my camera and take a picture for the forums!" :P

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Originally Posted by Lolo76

And to go along with that, when you get tagged and your first thought is "Grab my camera and take a picture for the forums!" :P

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HAHAHA! LMAO that one is so true. we make sure to have the camera ready when feeding just in case one of us get tagged...LOL

You bring home broken refridgerators and think man what a find! This will make a great incubator.

During the night when your awaken by a few cloacle trumpets, and realize it wasnt you!

when you're a girl and can say "let me show you my balls" and be completely serious!

when you defrost 2 rats instead of 3.. just incase someone doesn't want to eat.

When every shelf you see you think "i bet that would make a nice snake rack..."

when your out-of-state relatives call and their first question is "How are the snakes?"

you own a hundred tupperware/rubbermaid containers, but can't store any food in them because all the lids have holes in them.

when you are spotted by petco management, they send customers asking questions about the reptiles to you instead of their employees.

the electric company asks you why you need a 200 amp service when all your major appliances are gas.

you buy bleach but never use it in laundry.

when your electric bill is higher than your heating bill

when every bowl you see you think "that would make a nice hide"

When you dont argue with the price of asf's, just as long as the snake eats them

You go to Wal-Mart JUST to buy snake tubs.

You talk about morphs to someone and they get lost after the 3rd word.

You seem to find yourself explaining to someone that they aren't mean snakes.

You end up joining BP.net;).

When your friends and relatives ask you why you are so interested in snakes, and your only response is that "they're just cool!"

When you think about balls all day and have a girlfriend :P

When you know the smells of urates, regurg, uneaten rat, or a monster poop the instant you walk into the snake room.

You know the fastest way to warm up a rat without making it pop.

You eat all your pizza pockets in one day because you know your huge rat order is coming in the next day.

When you magically get eggs even though you only paired them once and didn't see an ovulation.

When your entire apartment is covered in flour with pop bottles on the floor with rats in them as a trap.

You see someone else at Wal-Mart with a tub, Acu-Rite, and plastic bowls in their shopping cart, and you know why they have them...

when you buy a little dipper crock pot just to warm frozen rats.....
when all your nieces and nephews want to come over on feeding day and not any other time....
when you get a trio of asfs named breakfast, lunch and dinner

Your main interest in the new pet shop is do they sell live and what sizes ?

Your children are allowed to have a pet mouse, but are only allowed to name it "Snake Food".

Your bedroom is your snake room, and the temperature is designed for snake comfort and not yours.

You ask a stranger if they want to see pictures of your babies, then can't understand why they freak out when you show them your wallet full of ball pics.

You find yourself spending an inordinate amount of time on Craigslist looking for cheap stuff that can be used for snakes.

Gale

All my ideas were pretty much already said, I can relate to a lot of those !


You know you own a ball python when you have more pictures of your snake morphs than your children or stepchildren (I'm guilty of that one:D)

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Originally Posted by ryssa

When u have a whole space just for mice/rats in your freezer :P

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Lol. Just a few mins ago I opened my freezer and realized it smelled like rats. I hadn't noticed before.

when you ask "i just bought a normal but does it look like a (insert morph)?"

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Originally Posted by dc1

--When you go to look in the cage and never see the snake out of its hide


(everyone add one if you can think of one :P)

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Haha i just changed the water in my tank on sunday and forgot to put the lid back on (i know dumb mistake). I went to the gym and did some shopping, came home 3 hours later and noticed what i did and my ball was still in his hide sleeping. lol.

When your non-snake-loving relatives ask you what you want for christmas, and all you can think of are morphs, tubs, hides, and maybe a new thermostat. Then thinking of a way to explain how a lesser is a must have when they refuse to look at any more snake pictures.

:rofl: :rofl:
-When this thread makes you laugh, cause you get it! :rofl:

When you acquire a new "addition" to the family and you are overjoyed when they take their first meal.

When you can open a newspaper to the center fold every time without even trying.

When you compare every bad smell you come across to snake poop and dead rats.

When you quit smoking because you're worried about your snakes health more than your own.

When your microwave breaks, so you warm up your dinner on UTH heat pads and heat tape.

When you take your snake out for a quick outing, and all you hear is "Is that a real snake?"

When a relative is pregnant, and you accidentally call her gravid.

When you start calling other animals colorations by morph names.

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Originally Posted by bad-one

when you defrost 2 rats instead of 3.. just incase someone doesn't want to eat.

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Oh, yeah. This one. Definitely. lol

you know when your hide always falls because your balls too heavy

You start planning your family vacations around breeding and hatching season. ;)

when your family is scared to death of a 3 foot snake

your wife keeps telling you off for stealing all the spare sponges from the kitchen
and then she comes out with ''you care more about those snakes than you do about me''

when you dream of buying a dreamsicle if you ever win the lottery.

When you turn down concert tickets for a het clown.

when clean their cage and 20 minutes later they take a nice huge dump.

when you're watching National Geographic and notice someone you've seen before at a reptile expo.

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Originally Posted by snakecharmer3638

You start planning your family vacations around breeding and hatching season. ;)

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lmao, we are going to cedar point later this month because the eggs are going to hatch sometime this week, original plan was to go this weekend. :)

You get excited about new mouse and rat litters and post pictures of them... knowing they will soon be snake food. :D

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Originally Posted by Jyson

when you dream of buying a dreamsicle if you ever win the lottery.

When you turn down concert tickets for a het clown.

when clean their cage and 20 minutes later they take a nice huge dump.

when you're watching National Geographic and notice someone you've seen before at a reptile expo.

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I spend almost every day imagining the setup I would get if I won the lottery.

I have spent about 3/10 days since I was a kid imagining what I would do if I won the lottery. Here's the best part: I dont play.

Your know you own a Ball Python when your mom goes to pick up a live feeder mouse while your on a trip and she ends up keeping it as a pet.

True story. Went charter fishing (Not really ended up throwing up every 10-20 minutes while 30 foot waves were moving the boat.) and I had my mom pick up a mouse cause I came back the day my snake needed to be fed and my mom kept the feeder as a pet and we got another mouse to feed my snake.

-You have to move rats out of the way to get to the ground beef for dinner.
-you Go through Bestbuy's appliance thinking look at all those incubators!
-You have ever used the phrase " I swear this will be the last one! What do you mean I said that the last 6 times?"
-When you have been banned from talking about reptiles at work
-Friends call you snake boy.
-you have tried to explain what makes a het, a het.
-When there balled up and all you can think is "How cute is that! HONEY GRAB THE CAMERA!"
-Wife gets a second job for the snakes :D (well had one then she got tired of it and quit)
-Have to make comprimises about getting anthor snake and having children

You understand genetics better than the average human!