Addition to my family....

Fecal Exam was done at the swap meet and all he found was crap. I think he might have been a farm raised baby. He is only 3 weeks old so i dont think he was exposed to other snakes long enough to carry anything but i do intend on watching him closely for any signs of external parasites i.e. ticks and mites. I plan to take a fecal sample in 3 months (end of quarantine) so make sure.

They are shipped over in huge containers full of ball pythons, so unless he was hatched here, there is an excellent chance that he has picked up parasites but they just weren't large enough to be detectable yet. Nearly 100% of imported ball pythons have parasites. That said, you can still have a good, healthy eater who lives a long life, but it's better to assume he does have parasites and go from there.

He is a beautiful baby, congratulations!
Rusty

What a cutie pie....I couldn't have resisted, either!!

Funny how they steal our women! I'm still amazed how my GF, who totally objected to my getting a snake and initially wouldn't come within 30 feet of it, now usually runs past me to open the cage and hold the snake.

Oh yeah, and its a beauty :)

its beautiful, looks like my new baby...

What, besides kittens, is cuter than baby bp's?