Looking for snakes in TN

I'm looking for pythons or boas in the memphis area, I can't find any breeders or dealers other than vet pets.

You could always buy one from a reputable breeder online and have it shipped.

i think that is what I'm going to have to do because everything here is crap.

Hey I've been to Vet Pets. The closest show is the Dixie Reptile Show, which I believe is this weekend... You could try there.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/c...=2006-7-15&c=1

If you would prefer a recommendation for breeders too, I'd be more than happy to name a few good ones. ;)

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I just bought two beautiful BP's from petco today. you'd be surprised what you can find there because they don't know :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: about there pythons and sell all for the same price no matter what color or pattern. Now I have BP's to go with my red tail boa. Thanks christie though. I checked vet pets today, he had pretty reduced pattern bp but they were out of my price range for today.

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Originally Posted by Alecz

I just bought two beautiful BP's from petco today.

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Got any pics? :sweeet:

If you got your snakes from petco, you should be able to take them to Dr. McGhee for $15. I strongly recommend it. They will sex, and check you bps for parasites. Well worth it, in my opinion. Just take your petco receipt with you.

Congrats on your new additions. I hope they are being housed separately. I know they are on sale pretty cheap right now, which store did you get them from?

We sexed them ourselves. They don't have parasites. I don't want to spend money on something I can check or my fiance can check our selves, but thanks for the information. I got them from the petco on germantown parkway. They are the cleanest in the memphis area and nice people working there. They quarentine all their animals and check for parasites, they know better than to be selling snakes with parasites. I would only check for parasites if I got it from some hole in the wall petstore. Not a petstore I trust with my pets.

And pics will be up soon I will have to borrow a camera or take my webcam back from my sister.

oh and by the way no they are not being housed seperately and I'm not trying to be an ass but I would not like to hear about how they shouldn't be housed together my fiance and I are knowledgable enough to know facts about snakes. They are sleeping together and curling up together and none of them have parasites or anything that could harm one another, the biggest concern of anyone housing diff. snakes together is that one will crush the other. As the size they are now, that won't happen and when they grow a bit they will be housed seperatly anyways.

Actually, the biggest concern is that they will be forced to share heat/hiding places. The reason they huddle together is because they both want to be in that particular spot at the same time, and are forced to tolerate each other in order to stay there. Having a cage mate stresses them out and makes them feel insecure, snakes are not social creatures. You also will never know which one pooped/peed and if mites somehow get in, they'll both get them.


But apparently you know everything there is to know about snakes. :rolleyes: :sweeet:

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Originally Posted by JenHarrison

Actually, the biggest concern is that they will be forced to share heat/hiding places. The reason they huddle together is because they both want to be in that particular spot at the same time, and are forced to tolerate each other in order to stay there. Having a cage mate stresses them out and makes them feel insecure, snakes are not social creatures. You also will never know which one pooped/peed and if mites somehow get in, they'll both get them.


But apparently you know everything there is to know about snakes. :rolleyes: :sweeet:

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You should get YOUR facts straight before sharing your "expertise". The biggest concern with snakes sharing an enclosure is not that they will be forced to share heat/hiding places. How about the biggest concern being passing of disease? The huddling together is one snake showing dominance over the other not them fighting for heat.

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Originally Posted by Alecz

oh and by the way no they are not being housed seperately and I'm not trying to be an ass but I would not like to hear about how they shouldn't be housed together my fiance and I are knowledgable enough to know facts about snakes. They are sleeping together and curling up together and none of them have parasites or anything that could harm one another, the biggest concern of anyone housing diff. snakes together is that one will crush the other. As the size they are now, that won't happen and when they grow a bit they will be housed seperatly anyways.

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I'm not trying to be an ... well a jerk about things either. I'm not going to sit and lecture you on everything, but am just going to point a few things out. I just have to say my peace, you can promptly ignore me and continue on your knowledable way. I agree the Germantown store is the best kept in the area, but they don't keep their bps in the best of circumstances. Housing together has NO benefits for a snake. The sleeping together and curling up together is a dominance issue. You cannot look at a snake and determine whether or not it has internal parasites, and for $15 it's a baragin to have that peace of mind. I wish you the best of luck with your snakes.

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Originally Posted by JenHarrison

But apparently you know everything there is to know about snakes. :rolleyes: :sweeet:

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Maybe you should get a little more experience under your belt before dishing out "expert" advice. Didn't you just begin acquiring Ball Pythons recently?

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oh and by the way no they are not being housed seperately and I'm not trying to be an ass but I would not like to hear about how they shouldn't be housed together my fiance and I are knowledgable enough to know facts about snakes.

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Why would you not "want to hear" the facts about this issue? The notion that snakes should be housed seperately is fact. "Not knowing" is one thing, and we've helped a few people here and there understand, but having the facts in front of your face and ignoring them is at the highest tier of ignorance.

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I don't want to spend money on something I can check or my fiance can check our selves, but thanks for the information. I got them from the petco on germantown parkway. They are the cleanest in the memphis area and nice people working there.

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Petco receives regular shipments of imported animals and I highly doubt that any Petco does any kind of de-worming to those animals. If you think they do, you need to ask them for records of the treatment or ask to see what they used. Believing anything else a salesperson says about that is just dumb.

I wish you the best of luck with your animals and hope you find it in you to give these animals the best life they can have. Their life is more important than your ego- no one will look down on you for learning something new about how to care for these guys.

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Originally Posted by elevatethis

Why would you not "want to hear" the facts about this issue? The notion that snakes should be housed seperately is fact. "Not knowing" is one thing, and we've helped a few people here and there understand, but having the facts in front of your face and ignoring them is at the highest tier of ignorance.



Petco receives regular shipments of imported animals and I highly doubt that any Petco does any kind of de-worming to those animals. If you think they do, you need to ask them for records of the treatment or ask to see what they used. Believing anything else a salesperson says about that is just dumb.

I wish you the best of luck with your animals and hope you find it in you to give these animals the best life they can have. Their life is more important than your ego- no one will look down on you for learning something new about how to care for these guys.

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Exactly!

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Originally Posted by Alecz

They are sleeping together and curling up together and none of them have parasites or anything that could harm one another, the biggest concern of anyone housing diff. snakes together is that one will crush the other. As the size they are now, that won't happen and when they grow a bit they will be housed seperatly anyways.

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How do you know that they don't have internal parasites? Has a vet done a fecal check for you yet?

Curling together is dominance - and likely one will feed better than the other. If you want to provide the best possible home for them, please separate them.

There are multiple reasons NOT to house them together, and not a single good reason TO house them together.

I don't think that guy really wants to hear it...my response was mainly for other, more objective people viewing this, that want the best for their animals. Alecz can basically serve as an example of how not to be and what not to do.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Maybe you should get a little more experience under your belt before dishing out "expert" advice. Didn't you just begin acquiring Ball Pythons recently?

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2 years ago was the first. A few months ago were a few more. Who said I was an expert? I never claimed that. And I was repeated information given to me by someone who has kept snakes for over 15 years. SORRY!

You seem to have a real problem with me on almost every message board.

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Originally Posted by JenHarrison

2 years ago was the first. A few months ago were a few more. Who said I was an expert? I never claimed that. And I was repeated information given to me by someone who has kept snakes for over 15 years. SORRY!

You seem to have a real problem with me on almost every message board.

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I have a problem with people giving incorrect advice. You seem to do it all over the place.

If you give out wrong information, expect to be taken to task on it.

That's fine, but don't sit there and try to say I call my advice "expert".

What else have I said "all over the place" that's wrong?

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Originally Posted by JenHarrison

That's fine, but don't sit there and try to say I call my advice "expert".

What else have I said "all over the place" that's wrong?

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I didn't say you called it expert advice. I am saying, that is how it came off.

How about this gem from another forum talking about your "humane" killing of prey items:

To stun them, I don't hit as hard so it basically gives them a big headache and they stop squiggling and don't know what's going on.

Note the lovely pink type as I copied and pasted it exactly the way it was.

How was that "advice"? Someone asked me how I stun them, and I answered. I wasn't telling her to do it.

I'm going to repeat this in bold letters so maybe you will finally get it...

I am not killing them. I am stunning them because 2 of my snakes will not eat dead prey but tend to have problems with fully live prey.

Did you catch that finally? Do you know of another way to stun prey that isn't painful but still effective?

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How was that "advice"? Someone asked me how I stun them, and I answered. I wasn't telling her to do it.

I'm going to repeat this in bold letters so maybe you will finally get it...

I am not "killing them". I am stunning them because 2 of my snake will not eat dead prey but tend to have problems with live prey.

Did you catch that finally?

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I was just pointing out the ridiculousness of it.

I don't need the bold type as it just intensifies the horrible pink font.

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Originally Posted by Alecz

I'm not trying to be an ass...

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No worries. You're doing a fine job without putting any effort into it.

I hope you take the advice that some of our experienced members here have given you. Funny, it seems that someone who "knows the facts about snakes" would be able to find a source for them OTHER than the local PetCo...but that's just this gal's opinion. I won't even touch on the husbandry issues...

;)

K~

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I was just pointing out the ridiculousness of it.

I don't need the bold type as it just intensifies the horrible pink font.

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If you don't like it, then don't read what I post. It would save both of us a bunch of BS. :sweeet:

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Originally Posted by KLG

No worries. You're doing a fine job without putting any effort into it.


;)

K~

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Burn!!! Kara 1, other person 0

:)

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Originally Posted by JenHarrison

If you don't like it, then don't read what I post. It would save both of us a bunch of BS. :sweeet:

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Maybe if your posts were in black like EVERYONE else, I could more easily skip over them? :O

And I really want to be like everyone else! :sweeet:

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Originally Posted by JenHarrison

And I really want to be like everyone else! :sweeet:

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:sigh2:

Did you happen to notice you are the only person here who feels the need to have a different font color? It screams "look at me, pay attention to me!"

If you want to read it that way, good for you. ;)

I do it because pink makes me happy. I could care less what others think. If you could see my car and my clothes, you'd see that it isn't just font color on a forum.

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Originally Posted by JenHarrison

I could care less what others think.

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That is quite obvious...

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Originally Posted by JenHarrison

If you don't like it, then don't read what I post. It would save both of us a bunch of BS. :sweeet:

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Jen, I think what he's saying is that when he sees "bad information," he feels the duty to make others aware of it. I would consider your method- "not quite p/k but not quite fully live" - mediocre husbandry at best. The official word out there is that blunt force trauma is not humane treatment. That a seperate issue though that can be addressed in another thread.

I would modify the delivery of the advice you give. Be more humble about it. The advice you are giving it out of your own experience- so why not say so? For example, "In my experience, you should ... " This leads the thread open to discussion, prevents disagreements, and prevents flame-wars. The way you post some statements makes it seem like the final word in ball python husbandry- and I feel like there's maybe 2 or 3 members out of everyone on this site thats truely qualified to make such definitive statments.

Hope that helps.

I like cookies! :sweeet:

As for the OP ... clueless ... need we make more poo poo on an already smelly pile of doo doo?

(BTW - I just love typing poo poo and doo doo ... I hope that's not too over the edge guys? My apologies if it is. :salute: )

-adam

:8: :8: :8:

Adam...

Yeah. :banana: :hug: :hug:

:D

K~

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

I like cookies! :sweeet:

As for the OP ... clueless ... need we make more poo poo on an already smelly pile of doo doo?

(BTW - I just love typing poo poo and doo doo ... I hope that's not too over the edge guys? My apologies if it is. :salute: )

-adam

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caca poopy...

Anyone get the license plate of that bus? :P

Gracias again, Adam



Please efforts to help OP - or take the quibbles and tribbles to PM's!

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Originally Posted by Smulkin

Gracias again, Adam



Please efforts to help OP - or take the quibbles and tribbles to PM's!

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Proud to serve sir! :salute:

Help the OP? ... LOL ... you're too nice of a guy sometimes. :P

-adam

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Originally Posted by KLG

:8: :8: :8:

Adam...

Yeah. :banana: :hug: :hug:

:D

K~

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I'm not sure, but are you asking to see the banana dance in person? If so ... :gj: :love:

If not ... well, I'll show you anyway. :wuv:

-adam

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(BTW - I just love typing poo poo and doo doo ... I hope that's not too over the edge guys? My apologies if it is. :salute: )

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i :blowkiss:Adam!

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Originally Posted by cassandra

i :blowkiss:Adam!

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No pink? :(

-adam

and really people, did i not just say in the message saying theat they were housed together that I was eventually housing them seperately. They can be housed together for a shotr period of time. Youdo what you want with your snakes and I will do what I want with ine, thank you for the advice, and it sounds more like most of these posts where an argument between jen and the other guy over her ridiculous posts. and I do agree with him. But I'm not getting or causing anymore arguments and having this post closed.

Alrighty then! Guess you told us. :)

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Originally Posted by Alecz

They can be housed together for a shotr period of time.

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According to whom?

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Originally Posted by Alecz

Youdo what you want with your snakes and I will do what I want with ine

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You do realize that ball pythons have been know to eat each other when housed communally right?

The combined "snake years" of experience of the people posting on this thread could probably almost be measured in centuries ... they were just trying to help someone (that you be you) that is obviously very new to the hobby get the absolute best possible start with your new snakes.

If you'd like to tell them that you know better and that as long as it's for a short period of time it's ok ... well, that's on you.

-adam

and nother thing i might add before i'm doe with this post, i have a bunch of different hiding places no one is curling up together and they are all in seperate corners or their enclosure. They are out of the cage more than in it anyhow. and No, not running around on the floor, they are usually being held by me or alan

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Originally Posted by KLG

Alrighty then! Guess you told us. :)

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*points at the shiny thing*
Look! Shiny!

*huddles with Kara to look at the shiny thing*

And Adam, no pink for joo!

I think this thread has gotten out of control...

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They are sleeping together and curling up together

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i have a bunch of different hiding places no one is curling up together and they are all in seperate corners or their enclosure.

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So which one is the truth?

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

So which one is the truth?

-adam

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Aha! Busted!

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Originally Posted by cassandra

*points at the shiny thing*
Look! Shiny!

*huddles with Kara to look at the shiny thing*

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Whoa...does this mean we're now magpies?

Alecz, serious question:

Are both of your snakes feeding on a weekly basis? Or is one or more skipping meals?