Keeping a BP in the garage

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Originally Posted by wilomn

If you put your snake in the garage, now, in the summer, go ahead and dig the hole you want to bury it in, it's going to die. We get too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter for keeping ball pythons in uninsulated buildings.

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I live in Southern California too, and this isn't an over-reaction. If you're in a cool part of the area like I am, winter nights are way too cold. If you're in a hot part of the area (which I believe Alhambra is), summer afternoons are way too hot.

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Originally Posted by pavlovk1025

Ive got 13 balls and a 2.5 yr old girl...I keep them in my bedroom in a rack system, and a closed door. She knows her boundaries, and knows that the snakies in the rack are a no no unless Daddy is holding it... but do what you will. I dont recommend a garage especially one that isnt insulated. Thats a bad idea waiting to happen. If you convert over to a tub, Im sure you can find some room on a bookshelf or even your entertainment center or something, no? Either way please dont put it in the garage/ =P

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that must be some tub to fit a 2.5yr old in them :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Originally Posted by nixer

that must be some tub to fit a 2.5yr old in them :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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HAHA thats funny...late posts always have something to catch. Yeah its the uh...freedom no-breeder tubs for little girls. Keeps them locked up and under supervision till theyre 30.

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Originally Posted by pavlovk1025

HAHA thats funny...late posts always have something to catch. Yeah its the uh...freedom no-breeder tubs for little girls. Keeps them locked up and under supervision till theyre 30.

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is that a special father's day run of racks:rolleye2:

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Originally Posted by nixer

is that a special father's day run of racks:rolleye2:

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Nah you gotta buy them at the hospital as youre leaving. Comes with purity ring, shotgun and shells...and an industrial grade padlock.

First, I am the pregnant momma, and I fought my family like mad to keep my snakes when I was pregnant the first time. They're my snakes, and I've had them 14 and 10yrs, respectively. I have handled all of their husbandry. I have good cages for them; I take good care of them. I have also worked diligently with my daughter so that she respects the snakes and knows the rules about being around them. I resent the implication that I'm doing something wrong.

Second, I am asking for help and suggestions to avoid a very difficult decision - re-homing them. I've had Calvin (my female) half of my life: how would any of you react if you had to give up your BPs? How difficult would that decision be? How many other solutions would you try before you caved to the inevitable?

This decision is something that has me in tears, and more so since reading through these posts. One person PM'd me with a practical solution I hadn't considered; most others have just bashed me.

I came to the forum looking for help.

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Originally Posted by mj_romo

First, I am the pregnant momma, and I fought my family like mad to keep my snakes when I was pregnant the first time. They're my snakes, and I've had them 14 and 10yrs, respectively. I have handled all of their husbandry. I have good cages for them; I take good care of them. I have also worked diligently with my daughter so that she respects the snakes and knows the rules about being around them. I resent the implication that I'm doing something wrong.

Second, I am asking for help and suggestions to avoid a very difficult decision - re-homing them. I've had Calvin (my female) half of my life: how would any of you react if you had to give up your BPs? How difficult would that decision be? How many other solutions would you try before you caved to the inevitable?

This decision is something that has me in tears, and more so since reading through these posts. One person PM'd me with a practical solution I hadn't considered; most others have just bashed me.

I came to the forum looking for help.

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That's the nature of forums in general - people make assumptions, wildly misinterpret, etc. Your original question has been answered - putting your snakes in the garage won't work. Your options are fairly simple, find the space or re-home them.

Back to your original post - how does placing the snake in the garage make things safer for your kids? Is this something that your husband is pushing? Regardless, a rack would take up very little space.

Before I built a building in my backyard for my animals I kept 10 snakes in my son's closet in a FB rack.

Looks to me that you have two options.

1. Get proper caging and put it up and away from the kids. A PROPER snake enclosure will hold you snakes safely.

2. Rehome the snakes.

That is it.

ETA: Dang, Skiploder beat me to the punch ;)

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Originally Posted by mj_romo

First, I am the pregnant momma, and I fought my family like mad to keep my snakes when I was pregnant the first time.

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From mom to mom, I applaud you for keeping pets and kids safe. 2½ is a crazy age; 3 was so much more calm in this household. You're a good mom for the care you're taking!

Please also realize that we're responding to your opening sentence of (a) putting a snake in a spot where temps aren't good, and (b) getting rid of the snake to make it "safer" for your toddler.

This is a snake forum, so folks here are pitching in their viewpoints on snake care. Post the same post on a mother/parenting forum and you'll probably be told to kill the snake and be made to feel like a monster for even having one.

I hope you can find a good location for both your snakes. :)

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Originally Posted by mj_romo

First, I am the pregnant momma, and I fought my family like mad to keep my snakes when I was pregnant the first time. They're my snakes, and I've had them 14 and 10yrs, respectively. I have handled all of their husbandry. I have good cages for them; I take good care of them. I have also worked diligently with my daughter so that she respects the snakes and knows the rules about being around them. I resent the implication that I'm doing something wrong.

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Seems to me that's not a fight you should have to refight. Who is pushing you to get rid of them, and why? As long as you can create a situation where the snakes and the children are safe from each other (and it sounds like you achieved that with your first child), I don't see why it's anyone else's business.

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Second, I am asking for help and suggestions to avoid a very difficult decision - re-homing them. I've had Calvin (my female) half of my life: how would any of you react if you had to give up your BPs? How difficult would that decision be? How many other solutions would you try before you caved to the inevitable?

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I'd try every possible solution. I'd be incredibly angry with anyone who would even suggest that I was creating a situation where the children and/or the animals wouldn't be safe.

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This decision is something that has me in tears, and more so since reading through these posts. One person PM'd me with a practical solution I hadn't considered; most others have just bashed me.

I came to the forum looking for help.

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Some of the responses have been a bit harsh, I agree, but on some level, they've all been trying to help in that they're looking out for the best interests of the snakes. Remember that forums get a lot of traffic from clueless newbies whose husbandry verges on the abusive and try to look at it from that perspective: they want your snakes to have the best life they can, and they didn't know anything about you to start with. Unfortunately, that resulted in some over the top responses, especially given that they didn't have all of the relevant information at the beginning. I think if the harsher posters had known that you'd been keeping your BPs for 10+ years, they might have been a bit less aggressive with the negative implications.

I'm curious to know what the solution the other person PM'd you with was.