Old Member but My First Ball Python!!!

Well I've been on here for about a year or so now and yesterday I went to the lake county reptile show in Grayslake Il. It was really fun and I finally convinced my girlfriend to allow a snake in the apt lol...yeah i know its bad. After 22 years and never being alowed to have a snake in the house growing up with my parents, and now with my girlfriend in college she finally gave in lol. Its really funny because she LOVES him. But here he is tell me what you think.

Stats: he is a male normal about 19 inches long or so but I think he is very handsome for a normal male. Born oct 2007. and...I think thats all. I'll post some pics of his home soon.


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very nice looking snake! :D

Nice pick up :gj:

Very nice pick up, now the addiction will start, I give you 6, no scratch that, 3 months before you're seriously considering getting another!

great looking normal

Very nice normal! Glad you were finally able to get your bp.

He's beautiful! Congratulations on your first snake! You picked out a lovely one!

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Originally Posted by Holbeird

Very nice pick up, now the addiction will start, I give you 6, no scratch that, 3 months before you're seriously considering getting another!

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J.R., I bet he's already scanning "snakes available" pages on the breeder sites. :rofl:

Lovely snake. There is absolutely nothing wrong with a gorgeous normal, I own a bunch of them myself and they are just as unique and special. As someone said once, "a morph is just a ball python with a fancy paint job".

Enjoy the gorgeous new one. I bet you and your girlfriend are just thrilled with him. :)

Congrats! Now when are you getting a second one? :8: :8:

Pretty first snake :)

He is a real knockout! What is his name?

The pattern is fantastic. Great choice! I'm sure he will bring you both lots of happiness.

Please post some more pictures of the enclosure too, it looks great!

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Very nice pick up, now the addiction will start, I give you 6, no scratch that, 3 months before you're seriously considering getting another!

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HAHA I already am looking LOL! That is one thing I was wondering about. The breeder i bought him from said he should be fine in the same appropriately sized enclosure with another female BP. I've read a bit about this and some say yes some say no. I still have not decided if I would house 2 together or not yet, but I would like to get him a girlfriend reguardless. Hopefully a morph, "lemon pastels and ?caramels? i think? are sooo pretty"

I've actually even began to talk my girlfriend into the whole rack system and breeding idea! We'll see, but that should take some time to convince her. I've showed her how much some snakes sell for if you do it right etc...

Once he got settled in and I had all of the temps/humidity just right, I fed him yesterday! He went right for it no problems at all, that was the coolest! This is soo cool that everything is working out so well because I would really like to keep more down the road.

Thank you all for your nice comments about him we really do love him. I will post some pics of his enclosure later tonight when he's awake after I've given him time alone after eating.

Also how much time should I give him after eating before I handle him? I've read 48 hours is best.

two months before you get another! lol! but seriously I've been thinking of making it to that show sometime. How was it?

did anyone else get the 48 hours question? If not... Yes, 48 hours is generally a good timeframe. It's also best not to house them together.

The show was great, I've only been to a couple shows myself but it was worth the hour long drive for me... I'll be ther again

Most people here, myself included definitely think it's a bad idea to house more than one ball python in the same tank. If you do a search you'll find all the bad things that can happen, from stress, refusing food, all the way up to catching illnesses from the other snake if it gets sick, and in extreme (although rare) cases death due to cannibalism.

Both of your snakes will eat better, and just be healthier in general in my opinion, if you house them separately.

Also, keep working on the girlfriend, she gave in to the first one, soon she'll give into a second, then a third, after you get the 5th one in you'll be golden to convince her to start breeding. Just explain to her about all the cute little baby snakies you'll have. Also if you breed morphs, lots of morphs never look cuter than when their babies. (IE Axanthics, Silver Bullets, Pastels and such)

Lovin' that pattern! :D