Where do you live? I'm sure there is a breeder or two near you so you could get one without the added hassle of shipping.
Alexandria, VA. My transportation is kinda limited though. Let me know if you know of any.
07-28-2010, 12:37 PM
appygirl84
Re: BP Comfortable?
I think I've had balls for two and a half weeks now. They just kinda fell into my life. Having a baby might be neat, and eventually I plan on buying one. However having adults hasn't been bad. For one, most of them are eating. So I didn't get thrown into the world of "I have a new baby ball python that won't eat, what do i do?". We force fed a male pinkies to get him used to eating again, and guess what last night we assist fed a hopper, and he ate the next three all by himself with no help needed. That feels great. I was jumping up and down, I swear I must have felt the same way my mom did the first time I made honor roll... like wow my snake just did something very special! That in reality is very normal. =)
I'm learning how to move around my different snakes, like three of them don't care how you pick them up. Two of them bite, so you have to put one hand in where they can see it (she will then head towards that hand to bite), hol them up about 6-8 inches from the head, and then scoop up the rest with the other hand. (It only took getting bitten once to figure that technique out.) Luckily they don't double back and bite me when I pick them up.
I guess I feel lucky to have them and I want to make their lives better. They are also teaching what to do and what not to do, so maybe when I buy a baby things will go smoothly. =)
