so....how old is yours?

ok i'm new here and i love this site i have a 13 year old female normal bp she is 4 1/2 feet long anyway i was wondering how old other peoples where and how long you've had it (ive had mine all 13 years) so....how old is yours?

Well, I have 10 snakes ranging from a 10 month old corn to a 3 year old Ball python that was given to me. I've had these snakes for varying times, the longest being a year for my first BP, but I've had reptiles and other snakes for years and years before. :)

I have a 2.5 year old 4ft female bp that I've had for a couple months, and I just got a baby female BCI...

Tank is about three years old

My sweet Olive is a 6 year old... going on 7 year old normal. She is 3 kg and about 5 feet.

She has been with me for going on two years.

If I had only one snake in my collection she would be my girl. :)

Bruce

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...retchedout.jpg

PS: I hate baby talk... but "who is daddy's sweetie girl? That's right, YOU are daddy's Sweetles!"

Loft Lizard that pic of your loft is amazing. What is your avatar? Everytime I see it I wonder what it is, a rat going to heaven?

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My sweet Olive is a 6 year old... going on 7 year old normal. She is 3 kg and about 5 feet.

She has been with me for going on two years.

If I had only one snake in my collection she would be my girl. :)

Bruce

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...retchedout.jpg

PS: I hate baby talk... but "who is daddy's sweetie girl? That's right, YOU are daddy's Sweetles!"

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beautiful! :gj:

Oh, you want pictures too?? :D

Here's the 3 year old, Hera. Not sure how long she is, but she recently weighed in at 1522g.
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...e_comp_6_3.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...femFlicker.jpg


And the littlest snake here: Pixie my HypoBloodred corn girl
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x.../Pixie6-08.jpg

i got all ten of my normal bp's on may 27th, they are a couple months old, but i already love em! and we rescued one kingsnake from where my hubby works, they were gonna kill it because it only had one eye, but my hubby caught it and brought it home. eats voraciously, and any leftovers haha but im too..afraid isn't the right word...cautious? to pick it up, its a wild animal, but it seems to be doing better around us, not scenting as bad when we come near, so thats good. :D i cant wait to get more bps though! i love them all!! :D:P

wow them are some good lookin balls there i love it i never knew there where people out there that loves them like me. and yea pics are always welcome id post some of mine but im still getting all my computer stuff set up still

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Loft Lizard that pic of your loft is amazing. What is your avatar? Everytime I see it I wonder what it is, a rat going to heaven?

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Thanks for that... my av is a portrait of my rat Ginger. She was a free-range rat that we had. She just recently passed away.

When I got her she was supposed to be a breeder rat, but she ended up being the most abyssmal parent ever. She would not even pull the pups out.

I took a day off from work for both of her litters. The painting is her redmeption. Rats die in walls in urban settings, and no one even knows their existance. So the painting is "Ginger Listening to Dead Babies"... and it is her communicating with her dead babies.

Jerome, the artist, and my partner, draws bloodlines as means of communication, so the bloodlines are her way of communicating with her dead babes, and the floral filligrees are life and growth.

Oddly though, her lack of rat social skills made her the best pet ever. People that have never been in our space do not believe that we had a free-range rat, but she was the best. We had water bottles throughout the loft for her, and she went back to her cage to eat.

Mostly she spent her time sleeping behind paintings and hoarding food in closests. :)

Thanks for asking,
Bruce

PS: There were 3 portraits painted of her, but we only have the one left, and it is part of our permanent art collection.

PPS: Not a hijack. :)

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...inger008-1.jpg

addendum:

The model with her unfinished piece...

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...erthemusea.jpg

My oldest male is 17 maybe 17 1/2 I got him in 93 and he was about 2 years old then. I don't really have a length on him. But hes 2093g That was on 6/1/08
This is the only picture of him I could find. Ill have to see if I can get a newer one of him. One that shows how long he is too.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...7/100B0580.jpg

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Thanks for that... my av is a portrait of my rat Ginger. She was a free-range rat that we had. She just recently passed away.

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Thank you for posting a bigger picture, the avatar pic is so tiny its hard to see what is going on. Even in tiny form it seemed as if it must have a special meaing. It also must be nice to have a beautiful portrait to remind you of her.

Here's a couple pics of my girl...Commodus..

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/k.../snakes038.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/k...commodus18.jpg

And Stilletto, my baby female bci...

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/k.../snakes016.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/k.../snakes008.jpg

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Originally Posted by Loft Lizard

Thanks for that... my av is a portrait of my rat Ginger. She was a free-range rat that we had. She just recently passed away.

When I got her she was supposed to be a breeder rat, but she ended up being the most abyssmal parent ever. She would not even pull the pups out.

I took a day off from work for both of her litters. The painting is her redmeption. Rats die in walls in urban settings, and no one even knows their existance. So the painting is "Ginger Listening to Dead Babies"... and it is her communicating with her dead babies.

Jerome, the artist, and my partner, draws bloodlines as means of communication, so the bloodlines are her way of communicating with her dead babes, and the floral filligrees are life and growth.

Oddly though, her lack of rat social skills made her the best pet ever. People that have never been in our space do not believe that we had a free-range rat, but she was the best. We had water bottles throughout the loft for her, and she went back to her cage to eat.

Mostly she spent her time sleeping behind paintings and hoarding food in closests. :)

Thanks for asking,
Bruce

PS: There were 3 portraits painted of her, but we only have the one left, and it is part of our permanent art collection.

PPS: Not a hijack. :)

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...inger008-1.jpg

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Thank you so much for sharing that Bruce. I really like the story, the meaning and the inspiration. I am touched.

Akua is 3, i have had him for 2.5 years he is my oldest ball python, well atleast i believe he is... idk how old my girls are...

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...8/IMG_0784.jpg

keep em comin :gj:

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My oldest male is 17 maybe 17 1/2 I got him in 93 and he was about 2 years old then. I don't really have a length on him. But hes 2093g That was on 6/1/08
This is the only picture of him I could find. Ill have to see if I can get a newer one of him. One that shows how long he is too.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...7/100B0580.jpg

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i really like your boy there hes beautiful

We have had Foster since December. I don't know exactly how old she is but she was fairly young when we got her. And, we will have her until it's her time to go (or ours, whichever comes first). We don't believe in getting a pet unless it's for the long haul.