Ball Python Shows

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Originally Posted by albinos_rule

Personally it seems a bit silly, but then again dog shows seem silly to me too. All my snakes are pets, first and foremost, and I don't care if someone thinks my ball python is better than some guy named Bill's python. As long as we all love our animals, and take proper care of them to the best of our ability that is all that matter...just my two cents worth :D

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It's just a different aspect of an animal hobby, that, like the BP hobby, involves breeding for something specific you want. It's like, instead of trying for a new morph combo, you're trying for a certain specific quality in an already established marking or body conformation or whatever.

When I showed rabbits, I found competition to be fun and friendly. Only one of my rabbits I still have ever won first place (then he broke his toe and became unshowable), and I love them all the same. But entering them in shows was always fun.

I plan to breed my snakes, but they're first and foremost pets too. That's how I ended up with so many boys, haha. I play with mine a lot and name them all. A show would be kind of fun, I think. But I also think it would be very stressful for a ball python, plus I'm deathly afraid of getting mites! :(