First ball - lesser!

I just got my first ball python from a Reptiday event, he's gorgeous and only balled little at first but then was pretty curious when I took him out of the bag before putting him in his new home to chill for a week. I go to school in another state so I won't get to see him for a bit, but my sister and her bf (who has had snakes before) are watching him for me, and this way I can have a true quarantine (I have a corn and geckos at school) and I graduate in six months and am moving down so now stressful moving situations for him!

Anyway, he's a lesser and I'm already in love with him! I've named him Simon (although those alien head patterns are really tempting me to go for Mulder - alas I'm saving Mulder for a Mulder + Scully cat duo when I'm finally on my own). He's all tucked up in his bin and explored for a bit before going to his hide. They were feeding him live hoppers at the breeders but I picked up some frozen, so we'll see if he'll switch to that. If not, my sister's bf has no qualms about feeding live for a bit until we can get him on frozen (or on live if he's a super picky eater).

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Congrats on getting your first BP. Beautiful snake!, love those Alien head patterns lol
Sucks you have to be away from him for awhile though :(

Beautiful little lesser :) thanks for sharing. Congrats on your first snake.

Gratz on your new addiction... um I mean Ball Python ;)

Congrats

Congrats he's very nice looking.

Thanks! And yeah....I can tell it's going to be a struggle to keep from getting more, I only handled him for a half hour (including time at the show) and I completely fell in love with him (and bps! - love how solid they are compared to my lil corn - who I adore but can't trust not to zip off into the distance).

Sweet looking BP, it's the corns 'constant escape mode' is why I didn't get one and got a BP instead.

According to my sister he's eaten his f/t hoppers for the past two weeks with no trouble! Hooray! Also, I figured out that it's not six months but three months until I graduate so I get to see him sooner! I'm still bugging my sister to send me pics tho xP

I'm finally back home and have had time to get to know him! Apparently he was bitey with my sister's bf but I haven't been bitten. Lots of s curves but as long as I move slowly he comes out of it and is fine. He's weighing about 155g (not empty) and was born sometime late 2014 (I didn't get any information with him when I purchased him, just that he's a male and a lesser). Currently he's on two mouse hoppers which is about 10-15% of his weight but I've got a rat pup ready for him as soon as he's gains a few grams.

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Beautiful lesser, how much did he cost?

I got him at a Reptiday event for $75.

He is nice looking, he doesn't look like a lesser to me.. He looks like my Mojave my lesser doesn't have alien heads..guesss patterns can be different

Could be just a differentiation in pattern! He was listed as a lesser by the breeder and the last pics are a bit darker than what his actual coloration is. He's adorable to me either way xP

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Thanks! And yeah....I can tell it's going to be a struggle to keep from getting more, I only handled him for a half hour (including time at the show) and I completely fell in love with him (and bps! - love how solid they are compared to my lil corn - who I adore but can't trust not to zip off into the distance).

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Haha, I remember when I said I was just going to get one. :)

Nice looking lesser! Most lessers I've seen hatching lately have had higher contrast/darker markings. That's just the general direction the morph is going. They also commonly have alien heads so don't worry, he's a lesser. Congrats!

Have you tried upping his food? My BP is about the same weight, but younger and he's able to take full grown feeder mice. From the looks of him, I think he could handle a feeder mouse.
I was also using rats, but my local pet store never has rat fuzzies/in general, so I've been feeding him the feeder mice

He's adorable! Congratulations!!

@Beeze yup! He's just switched over to rat pups so I'll see how he does on those and maybe see if he can move up from there.

Awesome looking Lesser. I'm definitely adding one of these to my future Reptile family.