Itchin...

for another bp!! :)

found this little girl at alex hue and inquired...

http://alexhuereptiles.com/Pythons/pythons/bpf28.JPG
(if the image doesnt work, she's ID BPF-28 here... http://alexhuereptiles.com/Pythons/Balls.html )

If things go as planned, she'll be here by next friday.

Will, she is a beaut! Lemme know how things go for ya!

Beautiful Ball. Congrats! Here's my question though and I've asked this before, but no one has given me a clear answer. Captive bred BPs are recommended over Captive hatched/farmed. Why is that? Does a captive hatched BP have a different temperment than a captive bred BP? Thanks

Congrats on the new addition!

Congrats! I'm getting my bp from alexhuereptiles.com also.

Sweet!!

Awesome, she's lovely! I was looking at his website too, it is very tempting.

She's adorable, Will. The pattern on the bottom half of her body is almost perfectly symmetrical.

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Originally Posted by BigKenjDogg

Captive bred BPs are recommended over Captive hatched/farmed. Why is that? Does a captive hatched BP have a different temperment than a captive bred BP? Thanks

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I am not a true expert on these matters, but from what I gathered, here is what you are lookin at:

Captive Bred BP's were bred in captivity from two BP's who are already in captivity. Captive hatched are from eggs that were caught in the wild & hatched in captivity. Now I am not certain whether or not the temperment is different. I suppose that it COULD have some sort of effect the further from wild living the strand goes. I think though, that the main point is to get captive bred over captive hatched because as a community, we want to decrease the number of snakes, & their eggs, that are taken from the wild. At this point we already have plenty of BP's, Burms, BCI's, etc in captivity. We really don't need to take anymore out of their natural environment. By purchasing captive hatched & wild caught snakes, we are encouraging the practice of removing more from the wild. If you buy captive bred, you are only buying from snakes that are already in captivity & thusly not effecting the numbers in the wild.

Again, I am not by any means an expert, but through my own deductive reasoning, that was what I was able to come up with.

PS: Don't mean to hijack your thread Will! ;)

Great lookin' girl, Will. :) There are a few over there at Alex's site that I want to snatch up (that beauty being one of them, lol) but I can't afford it. :( I've bought from him before, you won't be dissapointed!

Jennifer

thanks guys, im very excited about this. nothing better than a new baby bp.

to answer the question on the different temperments of CBB babies and CH babies, i have one CBB and one CH, and one that i'm not sure about. My CH is my youngest, and his temperment is awesome. He eats fine, is growing fine, and is a gorgeous bp. So I guess, all in all, if you don't mind not knowing your bp's roots (which doesn't bother me a bit, bc all of mine are treated equally), then the difference means nothing. I put a lot of thought into this purchase because I am 100% sure I will be breeding normal ball pythons in the future, and I'm not a big fan if inbreeding.

Other than the points already mentioned, the main difference between buying CBB and CB/CH babies is the increased risks of parasites riding home with your new snake...either internal, external, or both. Also, CH babies will have traveled all the way over here from Africa with thousands of other snakes and reptiles crammed into the shipping containers. Just something to keep in mind when making your choices.

excellent points Judy, exactly why I'm going with Alex. Heard nothing but good things.

I notice that he says his CH don't need to be de-parasitized. That would lead me to think that this must be taken care of prior to shipping. Wait...........I'm a member on that site, I'm going to go ask him*slaps forehead*