Your first BP (do tell!)

My very first bp was a rescue i named Ron
he was in quite a state , when i got him he was serverly burnt and very under weight :( tbh i dint think he would recover but i took him on and with alot of patience and hard work i got him back on track , i took me about a year to get him eating again properly again but his body was so scared from being kept in such appauling conditions :( he was kept in a 1ft tank with a 100wt bulb (no guard) and no hides :eek: he healed up well but was left with scarring but he was a fighter and is still doing brilliantly :) .
I had him for another 5 years after that but had to sell him along with my other snakes when i went travelling as no one would take care of them :( but i made sure that Ron and my other snakes went to a good and well experienced home , i have heard he is doing well and has never posed a problem for his new owner and is still eating like a dust bin :D

I got my first BP with thanks to these forums! Came over here researching about ball pythons as my fiance and I were really interested in one and I wanted to learn everything I could. Then Jo PMed me and told me that Jamie had a couple of little males available! So I contact Jamie (who's helpful and friendly as all get out!) Next thing you know, here's our little Gomez from Glass Reptiles! Such a healthy beautiful chunker! This was really shortly after joining the forum too, that's how awesome these guys are. Got me hooked! Gomez is our first, and most definitely won't be our last. :) Gonna breed him to a lovely morph girl Morticia eventually!

http://pics.livejournal.com/medusaso...awpsr/s640x480

well i've wanted a snake for quite awhile, i signed up on this site about a year ago with out a snak, and this year at the narbcs show at anaheim i got my first snake. my friend and sister each got a ball pythons as well. so i was glad after getting my snake for hm... two years of waiting

brian at chicago reptile house was able to give me a 10 dollar discount on my 'reduced' female, so yay! she's got great temperament

my friend was unable to keep her snake , so i'm keeping it for her...

the big thing is my mom doesn't know! (shh!) i hid the tubs, but my dad and grandma are aware of them, so one day she will find out...

Well, in mid-2004 (I was about 14 at the time) I decided, after spending my whole life chasing snakes, frogs, lizards (you name it, lol) that I wanted a snake. I did some research and had pretty much decided that a BP was it. I loved the way they looked and behaved when I went into various pet shops and held them, and after about six months of 'casual' mentionings of how wonderful snakes are and BP's in general, I managed to convince my parents to allow me to buy one. My mother hated snakes at the time, and thought they were squeamish. Even when I brought in a few from outside, she just wouldn't touch them...I couldn't figure out why not...:rolleyes:


Anyroad, we already had an old 50-gal fish tank, so we went out and bought a screen top, and then went on our merry way to buy our very first BP. My mom and I did, anyways. We went to a few stores before I found the one in a little hole-in-the-wall reptiles-only shop whose name I can't remember. He was in a little 25-gal tank with about six others and I held all of 'em before deciding that I had to have him. He was the prettiest, the healthiest-looking, and he was perky and interested in me. He was darn cute, too! :D

Anyroad, got a too-big hide, too-big water bowl (he's since outgrown the hide, lol) and a heater, and...he's still here in my room, currently weighing about 900grams and trying to push the 10lb weight off his tank to escape. >.> Imagine my surprise when one day the 5lb weight went falling to the floor in the middle of the night...Lol. Hopefully, I shall be getting a second soon!

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Originally Posted by MedusasOwl

...Gomez is our first, and most definitely won't be our last. :) Gonna breed him to a lovely morph girl Morticia eventually!

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Sheree,
Just had to mention that I have a Gomez and Morticia also, both het pied. Morticia's got quite a ways to go before she's big enough to breed, though. Maybe next year!

(also have a Herman and Lilly!)

Good luck with your Gomez and Morticia!
Steve

Still have my first bp and at this time my only bp Ozzy.
I got him back in 2003 at Petco. His first set up was a 20L with a screen lid covered mostly w/ duct tape to hold in temps and humidity. Had the old heat pad under 1/3 of it and a small lamp w/ red bulb on the cool side. I also used a TropicAire to help w/ the humidity.

He then in 2004 graduated to his Animal plastics T-11 w/ heat cable which is where he still resides.
I did get a female rescue in 2004/2005 and kept for a while in a 20L but then my life got really busy and it was all I could do to give one the attention and care it needed so I posted on here and found her a great home w/ Adam.

Now things have settled down a lot and I am in the market for my dream bp a Pied.
But Ozzy will always be the love of my life since he was my "first" :)

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../3/014_11A.JPG

Opps forgot to post a pic of him when I first got him
So here it is

My first was a sweet little gold beauty named Vera. I got her when she was just a little worm and she was perfect from day one. Never refused a meal, never struck at anyone. This may sound strange but I'm convinced she knew who I was and enjoyed being handled. I would walk up to her cage and she would begin slithering up the side and wait for me to remove the lid. Then she would crawl into my hands and sit there as content as could be. I thought this was awesome. Unfortunately she acquired a severe RI and despite my best efforts to convalesce her (shots and tracheal meds) she passed away. She is definitely the best snake I have ever had.........chris

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Originally Posted by hoo-t

Sheree,
Just had to mention that I have a Gomez and Morticia also, both het pied. Morticia's got quite a ways to go before she's big enough to breed, though. Maybe next year!

(also have a Herman and Lilly!)

Good luck with your Gomez and Morticia!
Steve

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Oh, that's so cute! Gomez, Tish, Herman and Lily!! :love: Hehe! I love it! We're hoping for a morph Tish eventually, either Axanthic or Mojave, we'll see when we actually have the space and money. ;)

My first BP I got when I was 11-12. Since then I was always captivated by pythons. I had her for about a year or so, but something about giants always caught my attention. I decided to trade her up for a Burm when I was 13. I acquired a female Albino Burm I had until I turned 16. I bred Burms for my first time when I was about 14-15, and at that time I had about a dozen Burms.

Haha not much of a Bp story but it's what happened :D If it weren't for that BP I probably wouldn't even be into snakes nor photography right now.