Where did you purchase your first BP....breeder or pet store?

My first was a rescue basically. A girl was selling it because she was moving. Its a 2007 and only weighed 350g when i got it. Its now 1100g pounding 2 small rats per week. I got it back in June of this year. I havnt had it sexed yet. Id be phyched if it was a girl. I could breed my Cinny to it next year. Its a very solid snake for feeding it so much. Not obese at all.

I vote breeder or rescue.
Depends on what you want.

My very first? A reptile expo.

I actually got my Ball Python from a great rescue up in Prescott, AZ:D

Marbles, my normal, came from someone who was moving to Japan and looking to place a couple corns and Marbles in a good home. So I took him and read up on BP care. He's sweet, gentle, and now that he's over his initial I-don't-want-to-eat thing, a great eater.

My second one is a spider girl I won in a raffle at Daytona to raise money for USARK. She came from a breeder who donated her for the cause. Somebody else donated a pied hatchling. A friend of mine won that one and swapped the pied BP for an equally valuable corn snake morph as she is only into corn snakes.

I will buy from a breeder when I get my next beeper.

Our first, (she is my girlfriends snake) came from Petsmart. Our second, came from a hobby breeder in the GTA.

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Originally Posted by humpee316

To all BP owners,We all started somewhere,what became of our first BP,What was the overall health of the animal,and if you have more,where do you go for them now ? Seems to me that the general concensus is that breeder is the way to go,allthough im curious if the majority of us bought at the 'Dreaded '' pet store.which im not sure but they seem to be getting a bad rap overall...input please....:rolleyes::confused:

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Although I did my research I brought Khan from a pet store. He was in good health and his living environments were very clean. As soon as I held him and checked him out he came home with me. The pet store was a small mom and pop store.

My second one however is from a breeder so this will be interesting.

I agree that some pet stores are legit while others I'd steer far and clear away from them.

My first one was from a manager of a pet store that got him from someone that wasn't feeding him enough. Still the only snake in the house that will refuse to eat a black rodent. The second was one that someone dropped off at the other pet store, supposedly came from a home of a deaf person and they thought loud noises would bother her. As of now both are fat and happy, I'm pretty sure my first is a male and second is female between size difference and the way the first guy acted a few hours after we got the second one home. Never seen him so active the whole time I had him, even now he'd rather be a lazy bum.

Got my 1st from a pet supplies plus store where the manager was a small time breeder. She no longer does it though. Excellent health and very good eater!! My next two will be from a breeder here in Ohio.

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Originally Posted by wstphal

Marbles, my normal, came from someone who was moving to Japan and looking to place a couple corns and Marbles in a good home. So I took him and read up on BP care. He's sweet, gentle, and now that he's over his initial I-don't-want-to-eat thing, a great eater.

My second one is a spider girl I won in a raffle at Daytona to raise money for USARK. She came from a breeder who donated her for the cause. Somebody else donated a pied hatchling. A friend of mine won that one and swapped the pied BP for an equally valuable corn snake morph as she is only into corn snakes.

I will buy from a breeder when I get my next beeper.

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What kind of con snake?

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