What's the Point of Having a Bunch of Pythons?

Well I plan on breeding in the future. Just a few months ago I had 1 bp with no intentions of breeding within the last few months im up to 8 and do plan on breeding. I only have 1 female so I will be getting atleast another 6 or 7 females probably way more the that but thats a minimum.

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Because they all look different. Same species of snake but so many different colors.

A year and a half ago, I had 3 snakes, a dumerils, a milk snake, and a blood python. I was happy with those three. Then work took a dive, and my wonderful boyfriend implanted the idea that we could start out small and breed snakes. Maybe someday, we could turn it into a business that one of us wouldn't have to work. We started out with three ball pythons...And the collection grew from there. Now, I have a much better job and I have the joy (and frustrations) of caring for my every growing collection of animals.

I like having multiple snakes because they replace Zoo Tycoon 2 ever since I broke my game. :P

I keep telling myself "That's enough, no more snakes for a while!!. I said that after I got my pastel (Calypso), I thought 1 would be enough for a long time. After I bought Claus I was sure I was finished for at least a good year. My pastel changed from a docile girl to quite a feisty one due to different factors and I was glad I had bought Claus as being quite inexperienced the bad experience with my girl could have put me off.

Unfortunately Claus didn't curb my enthusiasm, quite the opposite - due to his fab nature I was able to handle more and learn more about the beauties and he just made me want more. And he is a het albino so of course I needed an albino female for him! I thought this would be out of my price range for a long time so I naively believed it would be two until at least next summer by the time I had saved.

I joined a load of local reptile pages on my facebook and a local breeder advertised some beautiful hatchlings, he sent me the photo of the spider (who I couldn't stop myself from buying). He is absolutely gorgeous and I just had to have him! All 88g of him arrived last night after a week or so of talking to the breeder and get his tub ready for him coming.

So, this was me DEFINITELY finished for a long time, I promised myself. No more BP's, my family were going to kill me!

Then.... I had recently found a male bumblebee for sale online with an albino female and a female het gs. I had wanted the bumblebee before I got my spider boy but I couldn't really afford him which is why I went with my stunning little hatchling. The guy selling the three changed his advertisement on the forum and lowered the price right down, sending me a private message to let me know as I had shown interest in his male bumblebee and he knew about my het albino boy and had said his girl would be perfect for him.

So, yeah. The price was so good that I am ending up with yet another 3 BP's. The het GS wouldn't fit in with any breeding plans unless I bought a male GS but she came in the bundle (guy is getting out of the hobby for personal reasons) so as of tonight I will have 6 BP's (and my bank account will be wondering what on earth is going on!)


I think once you bite the bullet you get drawn into the world of these beautiful and fascinating animals! When I stepped into the store to find my first BP I was a little scared by the slightly larger BP's and worried about the baby hatchlings. A month or so later I already have both of those! My spider is a whopping 88g and my het boy is 542g empty (at last weighing) with my pastel at around 200g.

I cannot agree more with the potato crisp reference, you can not stop! You can try but it will be futile! Welcome to the BP world, you will never leave ;)

I only have one at the mo but I would love more!! There are soo many different types and theyre SOOO sweet (well... most of them)!! ...I could go on!!!

Genetics and investment potential. The return potential is much better than the stock market or 401k's.I have also made an excellent 2nd income. Others it is a potentially nice 2nd income while some do it full time. Many ppl come into this hobby with just one and then get the "bug," when the dust settles theyve ended up with alot of animals that are too costly to feed etc etc and then move on to something else.

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I fell in love with them and soon realized that my local humane society doesn't take reptiles, so people were just dumping their snakes in dumpers and at pet stores.. So I started rescuing and helping to rehome them. A few I bought for breeding or because I think theyre super pretty but theyre easy to keep, and living in an apartment its nice not having to take them outside to go pee, or worry about them betting board and eating the furniture like a dog would :p

I can't afford expensive multigene combos so i got the right ingredients to make some of my own. :D

I keep so many because I like them and enjoy seeing a wider variety of them than just one or two. I use mine for educational outreach, and it helps to have multiple animals - if one is in shed, just ate, or isn't feeling it, there's another one that could be used in a presentation.

I keep numerous different species because I find them interesting, and keep numerous of one species for breeding purposes. If I wasn't breeding them, I don't think I'd keep as many animals as I do. The species I'm not breeding, I only have one or two - the ones I am, at least 4 or 5. I think that sets many reptile keepers apart from other animals; you're not truly successful at keeping a species unless you've been able to breed it. Ball Pythons, and other common pet species, are a step further in that you can produce babies to help pay for your hobby. Or just because you like breeding towards a goal. Breeding is just as much a part of the reptile hobby as simply keeping the animal.

-Jen