Where did you purchase your first BP....breeder or pet store?

I rescued my first BPs

My first male '09 normal came from a breeder. JandW reptiles. Very nice friendly guy. Good snakes.

Ralph Davis and Brian from BHB first, both came on first day.......since then out of my 32 bp's all breeders.....

BHB
Justin K. Reptiles
Ralph Davis

Pet store, no shame at all.

This seems kind of like the middle school argument of where you buy you clothes for school, walmart or macy's. Before I got a python I had no idea there were businesses and morphs or even that balls were in the slightest popular.

i got my ball 3 weeks ago from a reptile specific pet store but i dont know if its good or bad

dang a poll I can't vote on since my first bp was a rescue ( actually first 3-5 were ) lol love getting them free.

I put breeder as the pet store I bought my ball from breed their own BP's

Saw BPs for the first time at reptile expo..... Was facinated and got my first two (a breeding pair) from a reputable breeder. Luckily he does not stay too far from me and I was lucky enough to have bought a few from him since. Collection growing nicely and getting a few more from him this year just waiting for the hatching..... Over here in SA our seasons are a bit later than yours..... Can hardly wait.

I got my baby from a Petsmart (boo, usually) and he is in AMAZING condition. NO mites, NO skin problems, and a GREAT eater. I actually called the store to compliment the snake keeper for her know-how and care.

:)

Hmm, I thought I had already posted on this one. I guess I voted but didn't post :P

I bought my bp at a local non-chain pet store, and they said they got her from a local breeder. It's an alright shop, but their main business is dog grooming, and previous visits often left me disappointed with their reptile care (needless to say I don't go there anymore). Anyway, she was with her clutchmates, and from what they told me she had only been there for about 5 days or so, not really long enough for her condition to deteriorate. I admit it was somewhat of an impulse buy, as I had never seen a baby bp before and was absolutely smitten :D But I did make sure to go home and do some research first before I ran back to buy her.

So, even though I paid a lot more than I would've at an expo, I wouldn't change my decision for the world. She was probably only about a month old when I got her, she's now 2 1/2, and she's just the sweetest, most beautiful normal in my opinion haha ;) I did have a little trouble getting her to eat at first (probably because she was so tiny), but once she got the idea she was a garbage disposal, and she's never had any other health problems.

My next bp (either an albino or a mojave) is definitely going to be from a reputable breeder though. Every once and awhile you find a pet store that knows what it's doing, but for the most part it seems like basic reptile care and knowledge is horribly lacking.

My first was a rescue basically. A girl was selling it because she was moving. Its a 2007 and only weighed 350g when i got it. Its now 1100g pounding 2 small rats per week. I got it back in June of this year. I havnt had it sexed yet. Id be phyched if it was a girl. I could breed my Cinny to it next year. Its a very solid snake for feeding it so much. Not obese at all.

I vote breeder or rescue.
Depends on what you want.

My very first? A reptile expo.

I actually got my Ball Python from a great rescue up in Prescott, AZ:D

Marbles, my normal, came from someone who was moving to Japan and looking to place a couple corns and Marbles in a good home. So I took him and read up on BP care. He's sweet, gentle, and now that he's over his initial I-don't-want-to-eat thing, a great eater.

My second one is a spider girl I won in a raffle at Daytona to raise money for USARK. She came from a breeder who donated her for the cause. Somebody else donated a pied hatchling. A friend of mine won that one and swapped the pied BP for an equally valuable corn snake morph as she is only into corn snakes.

I will buy from a breeder when I get my next beeper.

Our first, (she is my girlfriends snake) came from Petsmart. Our second, came from a hobby breeder in the GTA.

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To all BP owners,We all started somewhere,what became of our first BP,What was the overall health of the animal,and if you have more,where do you go for them now ? Seems to me that the general concensus is that breeder is the way to go,allthough im curious if the majority of us bought at the 'Dreaded '' pet store.which im not sure but they seem to be getting a bad rap overall...input please....:rolleyes::confused:

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Although I did my research I brought Khan from a pet store. He was in good health and his living environments were very clean. As soon as I held him and checked him out he came home with me. The pet store was a small mom and pop store.

My second one however is from a breeder so this will be interesting.

I agree that some pet stores are legit while others I'd steer far and clear away from them.

My first one was from a manager of a pet store that got him from someone that wasn't feeding him enough. Still the only snake in the house that will refuse to eat a black rodent. The second was one that someone dropped off at the other pet store, supposedly came from a home of a deaf person and they thought loud noises would bother her. As of now both are fat and happy, I'm pretty sure my first is a male and second is female between size difference and the way the first guy acted a few hours after we got the second one home. Never seen him so active the whole time I had him, even now he'd rather be a lazy bum.

Got my 1st from a pet supplies plus store where the manager was a small time breeder. She no longer does it though. Excellent health and very good eater!! My next two will be from a breeder here in Ohio.

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Marbles, my normal, came from someone who was moving to Japan and looking to place a couple corns and Marbles in a good home. So I took him and read up on BP care. He's sweet, gentle, and now that he's over his initial I-don't-want-to-eat thing, a great eater.

My second one is a spider girl I won in a raffle at Daytona to raise money for USARK. She came from a breeder who donated her for the cause. Somebody else donated a pied hatchling. A friend of mine won that one and swapped the pied BP for an equally valuable corn snake morph as she is only into corn snakes.

I will buy from a breeder when I get my next beeper.

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What kind of con snake?

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My first BP was from a breeder, my first snake was from a pet store tho a lovely little Amel motley corn.

I bought my from a guy off of Kijiji He needed a new home so i picked him up for 60$ Best discussion so far.

Got my first BP from a local petstore I alway hung out at, a normal that I traded a cornsnake in for (which I was given a week prior for a birthday gift) cause I wanted a bigger snake:D mom was like:O. There was not to many morphs or breeders that I had access to in 94', 8 years later and some experience I got my second snake from a reputable breeder.

Scott Smith's All Animal Expo in Wheaton, IL is near me, so my first (and many others) came from a breeder there.