Re: taking bp to college??
If I were you I would be patient and wait till your out of the dorms. When I lived in the dorms there were many drunken nights where I know idiot people would have messed with them. I waited till Senior to get my first snake it was hard to wait, but I know I couldn't have provided proper care in the dorms. If you do choose to get one check around for breeders or pet stores pay them $20 to watch them while your away! I do this now and it works great!
Re: taking bp to college??
wait until you get there. this way you know how much room you have (which isn't much). you can setup the enclosure properly before getting the snake, check on the rules. know your room mate. cheaper to buy one down there than having it shipped. yes shipping a live small reptile is atleast 50 dollars sometimes more one way. cause it has to be overnight. shipping is very stressful. you can find a place to buy the rodents for him. many ball python breeders or keepers live in florida. find someone who will snake sit while you go home. read up now on the care it takes to keep one. once you start college, you may not have the time for problems that can come up.
Re: taking bp to college??
thank you so much for everyone's input. i just want to clarify, snakes are allowed [i checked] and i was not planning on "sneaking" the snake on board, i was going to call around and see if any airlines knowingly ship snakes, i know how much bad press they already have so i would not do anything to endanger the reputation of those who ship their snakes.just putting that out there.
based on your answers it seems to me to be a wise choice to wait till i either leave college/get to maybe junior or senior year of school. bringing him to a breeder while i go back home is a great idea (i didn't know you could do that!) and if i do end up with one, i will do that rather than shipping the poor thing back and forth, the last thing i want to do is stress the little guy out!