Favorite thing about Ball Pythons

I was feeding my snakes and realized that it makes me very happy when they eat. As morbid as that may sound I really feel happy when they eat. To me it signifies a happy and healthy snake.

What are some things everyone enjoys about ball pythons? Or snakes in general?


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Originally Posted by Redlude92

I was feeding my snakes and realized that it makes me very happy when they eat. As morbid as that may sound I really feel happy when they eat. To me it signifies a happy and healthy snake.

What are some things everyone enjoys about ball pythons? Or snakes in general?


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I love it when they squeeze around things.


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Variety. I love that snakes come in all types of colors, morphs, sizes , lengths, and tempermants amongst other things. Eating is definitely a plus because no matter how pretty a snake is I will never get tired of seeing one eat

There is SO MUCH I love about ball pythons. They're nice and full bodied, but they don't get TOO big; they're so chill, especially when compared to some popular colubrid pets; the colors are ASTOUNDING; they're easy to breed, but you don't have to deal with the huge litter sizes of boas, or the clutch size of retics...

But I think my favorite thing about ball pythons is that when you look at them snout-on, they're all making this face :3

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But I think my favorite thing about ball pythons is that when you look at them snout-on, they're all making this face :3

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Probably the best thing about them:)



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But I think my favorite thing about ball pythons is that when you look at them snout-on, they're all making this face :3

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I think Boa mustaches are the best... :gj:

My favorite is when they flick their tounge out testing the air.

I also love periscoping http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...e8784e61b5.jpg


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Puppy mouths for sure :3

I also really enjoy watching them eat. Before I got a snake I thought I would struggle with the idea, but now I text my snake-loving friend with the play-by-play every meal. I just like knowing I have happy, healthy snakes.

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Variety. I love that snakes come in all types of colors, morphs, sizes , lengths, and tempermants amongst other things.

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this

i have an art background so all the color and pattern mutations withe the endless combinations intrigues that side of me

I love the snout shots and the periscoping, especially when they get up so high that half their body is off the ground, just to look around. My favourite thing about Nagini in particular is that she will curl around my neck and stare at my computer screen like it holds the secret to life.

The main thing I love about ball pythons is their docile behavior and ease of handling them. They also come in some pretty cool paint jobs. They are very addictive. I started with just one female normal but I have a new acquisition now also.

I don't know of much other snakes that periscopes the way ball pythons do. I'm also very interested in their natural history. But a normal ball pythons's pattern is simply one of the most graceful, cryptic and sophisticated pattern of any other (normal morph) snake, and I'm probably more awe-struck by a healthy and bright normal BP than something like a banana-calico-whatever morph. I guess I'm weird like that.
I also love how powerful a snake can be, and how formidable of an animal they are, especially for something that's essentially a tube. The only other tubes in the animal kingdom are either fossorial bug eaters or parasites. I'd say that's quite the evolutionary achievement for a snake.

Snakes were also the inspiration for dragons, and 'serpents' are the only "real mythological" creature. (well, them and narwhals anyway)

I find the patterns and colors amazing. Plus they are a fun pet. My ball loves to come out and explore and she plays this game of refusing to go back in. People that don't know or understand snakes cannot appreciate them. There is nothing scary about them (although sometimes when she is curled up in her hide I'm sure she is thinking "F off and let me rest!" but she gladly comes out to keep me entertained. She completed her first (with me) shed yesterday and she practically glows. My entire family is enthralled with her. I think I need another one or two so we can all share.

I agree with all of you. They're just great animals.


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The periscoping and how docile they are. :P

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But I think my favorite thing about ball pythons is that when you look at them snout-on, they're all making this face :3

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I think Boa mustaches are the best... :gj:

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http://i.imgur.com/UAY2Jqf.jpg

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They're like trading cards that you can breed to make even cooler trading cards.

They are just so BEAUTIFUL! Most folks just see a :snake: and are afraid and filled with hate.
They just don't stop to really Look an enjoy the beauty of God's creature.

I love so many things about mine already mentioned, but for me it's being able to provide for it effectively (which of course includes feeding it, and seeing yet another rodent tail go down the widening tube), as well as watching an otherwise-"pet rock" spring to life when the room is scented with a freshly-warmed prey item.

I love it when Marshall "pecks" my hand until I move it, it's hilarious!


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My favorite thing about ball pythons is how docile they are. The only other snake species I've owned was a red tail boa, and she was calm as hell. I also love the reactions I get when I have her outside, people ask if she is real (no, she's fake), and some people who were afraid of snakes before even get the courage to touch her, and I find that amazing.

My favorite thing is the diversity of patterns/morphs. Everything else such as their size, temperament, ease of care and just overall coolness ties for a close second.

I like seeing how nervous they are as a baby, and watching them learn to trust you and become more calm as they age. I also like how they all have different personalities.

Little alien faces on the side of the body. Actually, some of them look like ghosts, some like aliens.

David

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Little alien faces on the side of the body. Actually, some of them look like ghosts, some like aliens.

David

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Mine doesn't have aliens...:(


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I love the snout shots and the periscoping, especially when they get up so high that half their body is off the ground, just to look around. My favourite thing about Nagini in particular is that she will curl around my neck and stare at my computer screen like it holds the secret to life.

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It probably thinks the same thing about you LOL.

After handling, sometimes I'll hold Mr Burrows outside the door of the terrarium and wait for him to go back in voluntarily. And occasionally while holding him like this he'll pull forward, reach down and drink from his water bowl while being held.
It's a great feeling of cooperation and trust that he's comfortable enough to do this.

It has to be their ability to absolutely control rodent populations everywhere! Snakes in general don't get the credit they deserve for pest control. Instead they have been unjustly vilified. Good thing we have USARK! :gj:

I have only had one for a short wile and its my first. But my fav thing about him is watching him begin to trust me. I used to walk into the room and he would head for his hide and disappear. Now he stays on his shelf and kinda gives me the whats up look lol he even almost poses for pictures. He touched the heat lamp a while ago and got a very minor very small burn and I treated it with Neosporin and even in pain he didn't lash out at me. I know that they are wild and don't have "feelings" but I think that we are building some sort of bond at least a bond of mutual trust. All of the morphs and breeding possibilities are awesome too.

Alien faces are cool:)

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The main thing I love about ball pythons is their docile behavior and ease of handling them. They also come in some pretty cool paint jobs. They are very addictive. I started with just one female normal but I have a new acquisition now also.

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^^this.