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These are my newest ball pythons i just picked up yesterday at the reptile show...

This is a pastel ball python. She will be a breeder...
http://dragndoor94pics.com/_mgxftp/InBox/DSC02261.JPG

These are 2 normal ball females. They will be breeders as well.
http://dragndoor94pics.com/_mgxftp/InBox/DSC02263.JPG

And this is my big baby girl an albino burmese python. Her name is Bonnie.
http://dragndoor94pics.com/_mgxftp/InBox/DSC02257.JPG

And this is her mate Clyde. http://dragndoor94pics.com/_mgxftp/InBox/DSC02258.JPG

He enjoys watching tv to just like the rest of us
http://dragndoor94pics.com/_mgxftp/InBox/DSC02266.JPG


Love the site, thanks for all the great info so far..

wow nice snakes is that a burm you got their man how old are you lol lmao
how did you get you parents to go along with that the burm look like hes the size of you anyway keep pimpin buddy gl with your snakes keep up the good work

great pics!! you must have awesome parents, my sons will be about 10 before we get them their own snakes.. how old are you? Welcome to the site, its a great tool to have!

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Originally Posted by bonheki

wow nice snakes is that a burm you got their man how old are you lol lmao
how did you get you parents to go along with that the burm look like hes the size of you anyway keep pimpin buddy gl with your snakes keep up the good work

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That is my 9yr old son holding the burms. Those are actually his, but i take care of them most of the time for him.. That's what good grades got him lol.. He is really into his snakes.. But since he does not live with me he doesn't get to handle them but on the weekends. When he does he keeps them out with him when he watches tv in his room.

thats awesome you allow him to be so involved.. for a moment i thought it was your son being the member, wow hes really good at using the internet lol

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Originally Posted by Dragndoor

That is my 9yr old son holding the burms. Those are actually his, but i take care of them most of the time for him.. That's what good grades got him lol.. He is really into his snakes.. But since he does not live with me he doesn't get to handle them but on the weekends. When he does he keeps them out with him when he watches tv in his room.

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wow you guys are doing a great job ! the snakes look nice your son seems happy keep up the good work :salute:

thanks everyone. We are gonna start building a rack set-up today for the Bp's. I've begun to set up one of the basement rooms to use as our reptile room. I moved my snakes down there last night, then i ran across a problem with my big burmse. I was also breeding rats in the basement. And within 5 minutes of the burmse being down there, my male was trying like all heck to break out to get to the rats. I even had them in 2 different rooms. So i just moved the rats to my neighbors heated garage. He said i could continue to breed them there and his sons(my sons friends) would take care of them everyday for me. All i have to do is keep them stocked with the supplies.I plan on starting to breed mice in a few weeks as well..

oh i got one rat its a hopper i just keeped him just to keep him just some heads up rats poop like every min soo your going to have to do alot of cleaning i would use rubbermaid containers (i use them for the rats) and use newspaper as the grounding it gets to be a pain cleaning and the smell is not as bad cuz the droping are very small but they dooo poop alot lol to

I use to breed mice a few years back also. I plan on building a rodent rack as well. I just have a ton of projects going right now..lol

oh so the man with the plan huh lol just play around yea i do to i just gotta wait till some of my snakes grow then ill be breeding im getting a labyryth burm in a cupple of months say how old is that burm your son has?

sad to say they are both almost 3 yrs old. I got them from a friend who wanted to slow there growth and was only feeding them one rat a month.. They should be a great deal bigger then the 6ft(male) and 5.5ft (female) are, but, i have them on the right track now and they have grown a great deal in the 5-6mths that i have had them. They were original purchased to be breeders, but then he gave up for some reason. But they are in good hands now.

oh thats sad to slow their growth your supposed to feed them once every 2 weeks not once every month and are you talking about the bp or the burm

wait, feeding once every two weeks?! Who feeds theirs on that increment.. the balls here get ged every five days.
even if your talking about the bermese its suggested to feed them every 10 days

Drgndoor, good job for taking them in and caring for them! :gj: I wonder more long term just how stunted it will make them. Do you plan on breeding them eventually?

[QUOTE=AshleyB;672799]wait, feeding once every two weeks?! Who feeds theirs on that increment.. the balls here get ged every five days.

im not sayin that i feed my snakes once every 2 weeks im saying instead of once a month once every 2weeks is better right ?

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oh thats sad to slow their growth your supposed to feed them once every 2 weeks not once every

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I was just commenting on what you said (the bolded) we just want to make sure proper information is being given out right.

hold on AshleyB i got a question
lets say i got a burm and i dont want him to grow fast how often should i feed him?

If you look under the caresheet section of this forum and select the burmese python care sheet it will outline you should feed the snake on 10day increments, this is for the health of the snake, not for the benefit or convience of the owner.. From what I remember it didnt have a section for "how to slow growth" I do know feeding them on more frequent basis than 10 days will ensure faster growth but almost promises having an obese snake and thats not healthy either. I would suggest posting a thread if your interested in more information we dont want to hijack this thread :gj:

As for breeding them, i'm not real certain at this point. I think i want to focus on the BP for breeding.. And just keep my sons burmse for non breeding..

Thats great :) I hope to get into breeding balls eventually :gj:

thanks. I have the 3 female bp's and my friend has a mojave male,a cinnamion male, and also a spider male. he is gonna supply the males. He is also picking up a female cinnamion shortly . I'll have to get pics of his bp's to post up...