how did you learn about bp's

how did you first hear about bp's, i personally cant remember but i think i was looking at piebald deers on google images and i saw a piebald bp, i thought that looked nice so i did a lil research and then i decided that was the perfect first snake for me:D

I have no idea where i FIRST saw them, except that it was somewhere on the internet.... Then again maby not. I may be wrong. It might have been a few years ago when my cousin got one for his birthday. That made me want one alot. :D Finally time to get one :banana:

I put an add on craigslist for a pet and someone offered me a normal 08 for 15 bucks..so i said deal..and with time,friends with snakes, and making google my best friend for a while, i now know a bunch about them even more than some of my friends :) 1.5 years in the making of a herp lover x]

i first heard of a bp when i was looking into geting a corn snake and then a ball python picture came up and i thought it was cool so i looked up and then yeah.

Many Many moons ago, while in elementary or Jr. high

Well, when I first started to admire the BP is when my sister purchased one. It wasn't a very nice snake though, but it was still pretty cool. When I was 10 I owned a Corn snake at first, then a King snake to a Milk snake. In no time I had 3 snakes, and they were all pretty cool. After my Corn snake passed away, I only had the two snakes. After that, when I moved into my new house, I got an albino Corn snake. That snake stop feeding and was infested with mites. We took it to the vet and they got rid of the mites and the snake started eating again. It died from regurgitation, just like my first Corn. After that snake died, I went to a pet store that had tons of reptiles. I purchased a King snake, but I didn't really know what morph he was since he had all these mixed colors and what not. After having those two snakes, I started hearing more and more about Ball pythons. I begged and begged and finally one day I purchased my first BP. A while after that, I also acquired a Dumeril's boa, another Corn snake, and a BP. All are still alive and well. Kind of a long story but oh well:)

It's "Mrs. Pretzel" that most stands out in my memory. She was the snake used in a local Humane Society demonstration at our kids' preschool. Next was a BP someone at a nearby Carl's Jr. had around his neck, which I asked to hold. Any time I saw a snake out in public like that, it was always the same type, which I later learned was the ball python. :)

I used to own tarantulas years ago but I ended up being allergic to those hairs they like to kick off at you so I had to sell them and try a different hobby. I decided that I'd like to try owning a snake or snakes. I wasn't sure what breed to get but I looked up "snakes for beginners" and the two that popped up the most were corns snakes and ball pythons. People told me to get a corn snake as my first since they are less picky when it comes to feeding but I just liked the look of the ball python and liked everything I read about them from their docile nature, to their stocky build, to just being a calmer snake overall than any other, from what I was reading at the time. I haven't been disappointed. Best pet I have ever owned by far!

I used to work at a few reptile shops in Miami when I was 17. (Chun Ku of MIA reptiles now Dynasty Reptiles and, Natural Selections) I used to have a breeding colony but none of the morphs I wanted (pastels were running at the 600 dollar range for males!). So i guess I learned about balls working under Chun and Elise. Great guys that taught me a lot. :D

Not sure when I first heard about them, but I'll tell you the story behind my first purchase! I was managing a library last year, and we hired somebody from the East Bay Vivarium (in Berkeley) to do a kid's program. I was of course fascinated, and after the show I told the guy how I'd always wanted a snake... he told me to stop by the viv sometime, and six months later I finally made it out there. My original plan was to get a Rosy Boa, but they handed me a baby BP - and the rest is history. :)