What got you into BPs?

This... sooo sooo this! lol

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Originally Posted by BWB

My son moved out of his apartment and back home but had a normal ball python that he could not/did not sell (and didn't really want to sell). I was helping him clean up on the final day and what was that in the corner of his living room - his little female ball in her small Exo Terra enclosure. My question of "what are you planning on doing with that?" was answered by "I guess I have to bring her home with me." I was not terribly excited because, as with all pets, I knew who was going to have to take care of it. I was not too happy about this, mainly because the responsibility always falls on me. I ended up ensuring that the temperature, humidity, etc were in better shape (thanks mostly to this site), fed her and started to handle her more. And she won my heart. Loved her enough that I talked my wife into getting a Hog Island Boa and I've told her that I would like, at least, one more. the biggest issue that we have is lack of space in our current house. I am planning on retiring soon and there are plans to add onto our lake house/cottage for our hobbies (she grows African Violets (and shows them as well) and Orchids which creates an environment that works well with snakes).

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My mother was fond of African violets. As I recall, they do well in warm rooms - seems like maybe a natural addition to a snake room. There is a vendor on Etsy that sells them, and I've been toying with purchasing a couple.

double post, sorry

i am a fish hobbyist, so i go to the pet stores A LOT. I also have a phobia of frogs. so when i go to the pet stores i dont go anywhere near the area the frogs would be, which is normally with the reptiles. well i went to one pet store that has various reptiles, but no frogs, so i always go check out their spiders and "lizard type" reptiles. they have BPs and boas but i NEVER noticed them before. this one day as i'm walking by they were all in their cage with their upper body lifted up and heads facing the top of their enclosure. kind of like if you dangle something over a cat. they were all sitting like that and i thought it was interesting. so i just watched them for a minute, they never moved, nothing ever came down, and i knew i was going to buy one! that one turned into 4 over the course of a couple of weeks. the 1st one was a baby, a normal, and so adorable. his name is Osiris. I went to buy one more because they were on sale 1/2 off and i wanted a female (not to breed), just to have it. I wound up buying two more instead! the second was totally unplanned. she was slightly larger than the rest that were on sale and no one was interested in her so I bought her, too. That made the family 3. I went to another pet store to get some things for the 2nd and third (named Aset and Queen Makeda) and they were giving a tour of the animals to some kids. they pulled a snake out of the enclosure that i hadnt seen while i was shopping for the first one, Osiris. Shes a Butter Pastel, or so they said, and very pretty. the rest of the BPs were normals so she stood out. i snatched her up, too! i love them so much. i NEVER thought about having a snake for a bet, and i never understood why anyone would even want a snake for a pet, but i do now. now im just fighting the urge to buy more while i get to know the ones i have.

6 years ago I was completely terrified of snakes, I wouldn't even go into the same room as one, but then my girlfriend wanted to get a baby cornsnake so I done some research and decided to face my fears and handle one, from then on I was cured.

I then done a few more months research and sorted out a set up for the cornsnake then we went and purchased one, that's when the addiction started.

Several months later I was still continuing my research on ball pythons then I decided to buy one, fast forward 4 years I now have 8 ball pythons and 3 cornsnakes [emoji38]

Now bp's are my kryptonite, I just can't say no to them, even when they're being feisty and striking at me I still find myself saying 'awww'

I've found them to be such a rewarding animal to interact with, although they do have their ups and downs with feeding but that doesn't put me off at all.

Now I wonder why on earth I was ever scared of snakes in the first place :)

It's funny cus when most people are kids they want a pet cat or dog bit I was like SNEK, MOM, I WANT A SNAKE!! so when I was 10 I got a bubblegum corn snake for my birthday but he passed away only a week or two I got him, the breeder my parents bought from was extremely disreputable we learned later. I don't blame them they didn't know better. So next year we did more research and got my first bp for my 11th birthday. I named her Raven. She was my best friend!!! I was homeschooled so we spent a lot of time together. When I was 18 I moved out of the country and couldn't take her so I gave her to an extremely well equipped and experienced lady I knew for years. Four years later I'm back in the US, got a stable job and home so I brought Louie into my life! a lil boy bp, and I'm never letting him go. I love him! I love bps! It must be in my blood from birth haha. xx