Hi everyone!

I'd like to introduce myself, after a few days of lurking around here. You guys have a great forum, and I'd like to be a part of it.

Hi, I'm Claire. :D

about 4-5 months ago I got it into my head that I needed a tarantula. We have wonderful, knowledgeable locally owned petstore that has their own breeding facility/program, and, well, when I went into look for tarantulas, I fell in love with the ball's. I was not set up, though, and I realized that I needed to know a lot. (I've since realized I don't need a tarantula!:P)

(I understand the petstore hate. with Petco or PetSmart, you don't know what you're getting. However, believe me when I tell you, these guys know what they're doing, and I can sleep at night buying from them.)

I wasn't planning on getting one for another 6 months, but a couple months later there was a great sale...and I fell in love with Axel. (Before I purchased him, I would take trips there just to hold the balls...I needed to get my 'fix'

I'm a noob, but I've educated myself so much, and I know I want balls to be a big part of my life. I want to educate people on how to properly care for them, most of all. Had I not done so much research, I would be just another dead/sickly ball statistic.

In the years to come, I really want to get into a little bit of hobby breeding and playing with genetics. Till then, I'm just a happy snake mommy who is SO happy she took the time to do the research!! I'm definitely no expert (I've owned Axel for what...2 weeks? LOL I'm still a little lost.) but I really hope I can help someone new around here, and learn from the pros!!

:P

Nice ta meetcha!

:welcome: Lots of excellent information on this site. Any questions just ask. :)

Welcome! :)

Welcome! We want pics! Ball Pythons are addicting. This is a great site with great information.

Hello Claire, and :welcome: to BP.net...

:welcome: to the site. :D


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Welcome to the addiction. :) Glad to hear you're so enthusiastic about educating others on proper care. We need more people like you and less BPs needing "rescue". :gj:

Welcome and congrats to you and axel! :gj:

Welcome. You came to the right place.

I am very luck to have my best friend own his own pet shop. Its clean, he features his own animals, and knows his stuff. Wish all places were like his.

I hope to see pictures soon:D

Welcome to the forum! I'm new to this forum and to BP's but I already found out that ppl on this forum are ready to help if you need it.
Good luck with your baby!:banana:

Oh yea, we want pics!:taz::taz::snake::snake:

Welcome to the family.

Welcome to Bp.net.....:D

aww, thank you everyone for the warm welcome!

I've gotten some great pix, but misplaced the memory card they were on. :mad:

My avatar was taken with a webcam, so it's the only one I have access to right now. But I love sharing pix!! I'll definitely try harder! haha. :D I love to brag on him...I think I''m driving my facebook friends nuts. xD He's only a normal (As I don't have any money for morphs) but I'm so captivated by him. Everything he does is magic!

I was actually looking for a female when I was picking him out, but the herp popper deemed him male! In fact...he didn't even have to pop him...he popped himself!! The guy was just looking him over and barely touched his cloaca when the hemipenes (sp?) popped out, and Axel proceeded to pee. For a good 5 minutes. Non-stop. I don't know where he'd kept it! lol his craziness combined with how active and alert he seemed, made me feel it was meant to be. ^.^ Plus I've got an amusing story to boot.

Anyway...Thanks again!! Pictures hopefully soon!!

There is no such thing as "only a normal". They are all so amazing and have different patterns. My favorite snake out of all of them is my normal male. Don't downplay how awesome he is just because he doesn't have a fancy morph name ;)

Welcome to BP.net Claire :salute:

Welcome to the site... It's rare to see someone who has done the research before buying a bp and coming to this website, so thank you, and contrats on your new pickup! :gj: