WHY Ball Pythons?

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Originally Posted by fishmommy

I like their shy nature....hiding and peeking out is very cute
I like their big shiny scales - feels so cool.

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Ditto! I love their natural facial expression...very "Oh!". People look at me weird when I say snakes are cute...bp's have the cute factor in spades.

I had been wanting a snake for years. 15 yrs ago, thats what everyone was suggesting for a beginner snake, and a friend had one, so I finally convinced my parents into letting me get one.

Can I say I've kept a ball python? Sure. Can I say Jasper's my buddy and I'm keeping him til the day he dies? Most certainly. He's been an awesome pet.

Would I get another one? Probably not. Everyone and their brother has them and breeds them. BPs have lost their appeal to me and I don't have the funds to try and break into breeding them myself.

because they are the puppy bogs of the python world. i love all the morphs. you can be a mad scientist when you breed them. i love all the colors. i love to just sit and watch them. i love....you get the picture. :D

love those puppy bogs;)

When I started looking around, I wanted something that wasn't too small, yet wasn't one that would get so big that I could no longer keep it.

I settled on ball pythons, and then later found out about all the different morphs, so all the morphs are just icing on the cake (very expensive icing)

My first ball pythons were given to me. They are really charming snakes! It was when my original pair produced eggs and those eggs hatched that I really became hooked. It'll probably end up that way for every species I end up breeding... :P

i love the look of pythons. and they solid and stocky, they're not worm-like looking. plus all of the cool morphs.

I think the size/proportions was the most appealing to me. I looked into corns, and I looked into RTBs, but they weren't quite right for me. The corns seem to skinny, squirmy, and nippy, and RTBs are too large for my current living situation. BPs stay at a manageable size, look girthy, and have the awesome head/neck proportions. They are very calm, very attractive, and not nippy. Also, I happen to be quite nocturnal, and so is my BP. We get to spend a lot of quality time together every night.

1. How calm/slow they are.
2. How chunky (for lack of a better word) they are. I like how heavy they feel.
3. Their skin is very soft, esp. their bellies.
4. Cute faces!

Cause they are awesome snakes!! I too like how they hide & peek their heads out. When I handle George, he's soft, just amazing creature!!!..
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