Your First BP

Very cool, thanks you guys :) I love hearing everyone's different stories. I also love all the cute snake names people pick out (Chantilly the snow corn? SO cute!) It seems Moms are often resistant, I hope next time my Mom comes down I can get her over the snake squicking. She admits the pics of Falkor are pretty cute at least. /(^v^)\ I'm real lucky my fiancee is so supportive of my multiple pet aquisition disorder and not snake-phobic. She was a little intimidated at first, but she loves the little boogers now, lol.

Issa is *so* cute btw! :D *squees over Gomez's impending arrival*

Yes, more stories! :bounce:

My mom's named her Chantilly because it's her favorite body powder, and Chantilly's markings look just like chantilly lace. She's such a good little snake.. though not so little anymore!

My favorite snake name of mine is Meatball the blood python.. he's such a hunk of meat. :)

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Originally Posted by Shelby

My favorite snake name of mine is Meatball the blood python.. he's such a hunk of meat. :)

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haha cute...like my boy ferret...his name is Chunk..cuz he's just a big ol chunka fert. :)

I used to catch garter snakes in my cousin's backyard when I was little, but my mom always made me let them go. I always enjoyed reptiles, but never thought about them as a pet. I remember going up to hold this giant albino burm at the San Diego zoo :)

Well before last Christmas in 04 I was up at my sisters house and we went to the pet store just to check it out. Thats when I saw the 5 BPs in a tank and they looked so crappy and sad. I felt so bad. So I went home, bought a book, and went online to read everything a could about their care and well being. After Christmas I went back and bought him. I acquired his tank from my brother's friend who keeps fish so free 35 gallon wooo! Needless to say he had a bad case of mites, but it was a good test to see if I could stand up to the pressures of BP ownership!

I loved Hades to death and still do as my first official snake. Everything was about him (it still is that spoiled brat) and I always wanted to learn more. I like to compare it to Jelly Belly beans. You can't just eat one...unless someone holds your thrashing flailing body down. So thats when I got my corn snake, than my boa constrictor, than my next ball python, then my blood python :) and now I'm getting into lizards with my Crested Gecko!

This is an awesome thread.

Ive always loved animals, prett much any animal.
We have had dogs, birds, lizards,hamsters,mice,fish,turtles, prety much anything exept for cats and farm animals.

So one day i ventured into my local pet store and went back into the reptile section and saw this huge tank full of little ball pythons squirming around. It was just after my birthday and i had about 150 bucks in my pocket to spend, i imediatly fell in love with one skinny little ball perched at the very top of the tank on a log and i asked the man if he could get it out for me. He took her out and put her in my hands, her little 17 -18 inch body fit perfectly in my cupped hands, she hissed a little and i was pretty scared but after awhile she loosned up and so did i. Then my mom came in and said NO WAY that she would have to go home and talk to my dad about it. So,me being the mischevious person that i am , and totally willing to do whatever i can to get my way told the guy that we would take it and we would be back later.......and we were !! after about an hour at home talking to my parents they finally caved and said yes (of course) and i went back to the store to pick up my little girl and bring her home

The snake itself was pretty cheap and only cost me 25 dollars, plus the cost of the ten gallon tank, the heat lamp and heat pad.

I still have Roxy now, shes my very favorite snake, shes just an inch or two shy of 3 feet and feeding extremely well on rats.