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I have always hated snakes, as per my family upbringing. I told my husband in no uncertain terms he would never have a snake in my house. Well he kept pestering me and so I finally gave in and bought my husband Bob from a friend from work, who was moving and needed someone to take his snake. I was really scared at first and now I love the little guy. I don't really know what I was scared of. I remember the first time I got Bob out all by myself and was holding him in my lap one time when my husband was out. He couldn't believe his eyes when he saw me sitting there holding him. My family of course thinks I am crazy. Now I am just waiting for the day that I own my own snake. Of course I am now a big fan of lizards as well.

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Originally Posted by Cody

Thing that also worried me is that the snake is about a year old now(he got it when it was about 6 months old from a local pet shop that has since closed down) and it's still real tiny. Maybe two feet long. And the thickest part of the snakey is only the size of my wrist, which didn't seem too thick.

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LOL, how big are your wrists? I'm a skinny dude and I think if a BP got much thicker than my wrist it would be pretty overweight. 2 feet sounds like a reasonable length for 6 months (mine's about that long at 8 months, although it's a male). Considering a baby BP averages about 16 inches, it's probably already grown over 50% in length and more than doubled its mass. As long as the spine isn't showing it should be adequately fed.

I only got to handle it for a few minutes, so I can't quite remember exactly how thick it was, lol. All I know is it looked quite small for it's age. And even if it's not undersized or anything...the fact that the neighbour kid is keeping him in a pretty empty cage, with just repti-bark and a plank of wood for a hide, and a big UV light overtop(why, I don't know), and he feeds it live mice, and I remember feeling a wound around the snakes neck.....I dunno..I'm just not impressed with how he keeps the snake. I'm gonna probably be going over there tommorrow or sometime soon to see Monty python again, as the kid likes to show off his snakey. Maybe I'll give him some "tips" on BP husbandry.

K, back on topic. :oops:

I guess he's just lucky his snake has tolerated those conditions ;P

In case you have difficulty persuading him to switch from live to f/t, make sure you mention that he will eventually have to feed his BP's rats. It's pretty difficult to imagine a cute little mouse doing much damage to your BP, a full-grown rat definitely looks like it could dish it out. This was the major point that convinced me to switch.

But yeah, back on topic, LOL.