New here, here's my little girl, Hyori

First an introduction~

She's a normal I bought summer 07 while I was working at Petco... I fell in love with her and had to buy her. Hahahaha. In other words I am still a bit new to snakes but pretty obsessed already. If I had the money I'd have a lot more of these guys and I plan on buying another someday.

She's my only snake. I bought a cornsnake Jan 2nd, and he was doing great until he suddenly died 22 days later... We were about to feed him and when we found him, he was so limp that he almost couldn't even lift his head and then he died minutes later. :( No idea what happened but I was sooo sad.. We brought him back to the store and got a refund.

But anyway... Here she is, Hyori, my sweetheart.

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I'll post better ones later, after I take them, hehe.

what a pretty ball.... i hope this one is better, keep us updated

Thanks for posting her pic, I'm glad her vent redness was just from shedding :)

Aww what a darling :3

(I love the whales in the backgroung XD XD)

Yay! Nice snake!! I love normals. Other than Pieds.. they are the best looking of the BP breed.

You look a little young to be working at petco.. lol, unless that's a child of yours. Either Way, Welcome!


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She is a very pretty ball!!! Sorry to hear about your little corn snake :(

She's a cutie and looks like a healthy one

Thank you sooo much everyone~~ :D

I can't find enough people to talk to about snakes, no one seems to care about them as much as we do, so you can expect me to stay at this forum! Hehehe.

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Yay! Nice snake!! I love normals. Other than Pieds.. they are the best looking of the BP breed.

You look a little young to be working at petco.. lol, unless that's a child of yours. Either Way, Welcome!


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Nah it's me. I look a bit young in that picture but I am turning 20 in march. I don't work at petco anymore, but I was 18 when I did.

very pretty!! she's actually quite a big girl haha. about how long is she?? she has some nice markings though...especially the thick black one going down her back towards the end of her body with the spots in it. beautiful!!

sorry to hear about the corn snake too...that's horrible :( I'd probably never recover from something like that

Welcome to BP.net!!

Great looking little girl you have there!

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very pretty!! she's actually quite a big girl haha. about how long is she?? she has some nice markings though...especially the thick black one going down her back towards the end of her body with the spots in it. beautiful!!

sorry to hear about the corn snake too...that's horrible :( I'd probably never recover from something like that

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Thank you! She was I think 34" last time I measured her. She's growing fast.
I think she is a bit underweight though, I tried to feed her a small rat (frozen) but she couldn't seem to get it down, yet adult mice seem too small for her... :/ I don't know, maybe she's just naturally a bit thin? Or I may be paranoid.

Yeah. I'm still really upset, I really liked him. I never took his set up down. I don't know when I will. I may not get another cornsnake, I guess.

And to Slim, Thank you also! :D

Beautiful! I am sorry for your loss.

I would take down his set up and either get rid of it or serlize it. Since you don't know what he died of watch your bp very closely. I could just be an alarmest but I would hate to see you loose your bp as well as your corn. I know it is hard but don't use anything that was in your corn's tank in your bp's tank (or even a new corn until you can be certian nothing transferable is in the tank).

As for feeding try a rat pup. I would also cover the entire tank to give privacy while you are feeding. Some snakes don't like to be watched or out in the open when they eat. Also check your temps and humidity.

You have a beautiful bp. Sorry for the long post.

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Thank you! She was I think 34" last time I measured her. She's growing fast.
I think she is a bit underweight though, I tried to feed her a small rat (frozen) but she couldn't seem to get it down, yet adult mice seem too small for her... :/ I don't know, maybe she's just naturally a bit thin? Or I may be paranoid

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Yeah my girl's only around 24in. It is amazing how fast they grow though :aww:

I don't think all ball pythons have to be super chubby. Every ball is different and mine's always seemed a little on the thin side as well. I think as long as they keep a nice rounded shape instead of looking triangular or sickly then they're fine.

It is hard when they're in that in between size where mice are too small and rats are too big. I would try feeding two mice until she can get a rat down easy :)

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Beautiful! I am sorry for your loss.

I would take down his set up and either get rid of it or serlize it. Since you don't know what he died of watch your bp very closely. I could just be an alarmest but I would hate to see you loose your bp as well as your corn. I know it is hard but don't use anything that was in your corn's tank in your bp's tank (or even a new corn until you can be certian nothing transferable is in the tank).

As for feeding try a rat pup. I would also cover the entire tank to give privacy while you are feeding. Some snakes don't like to be watched or out in the open when they eat. Also check your temps and humidity.

You have a beautiful bp. Sorry for the long post.

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Thank you. :D I'll try out everything you said. I'd be devastated to lose my ball so I'll do everything I possibly can to protect her.

Do you know where I can buy rat pups? I'm pretty sure the rat I bought was the smallest kind of rat they had at petco. :(

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Yeah my girl's only around 24in. It is amazing how fast they grow though

I don't think all ball pythons have to be super chubby. Every ball is different and mine's always seemed a little on the thin side as well. I think as long as they keep a nice rounded shape instead of looking triangular or sickly then they're fine.

It is hard when they're in that in between size where mice are too small and rats are too big. I would try feeding two mice until she can get a rat down easy

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Yeah, probably true. I just worry easily. ^^; She's so important to me, I want to make sure she's feeling her best always. But one thing I learned with fish keeping is worrying so much that you act without thinking to help them can often do more bad than good.

I wonder if the more bulky looking females I've seen were just because they were older. It seems like a lot of the young snakes look more thing. Who knows.

I'll give her two mice for now if I can't find any rat pups in the area. :D Thank you for your help~

Rat pups:

https://micedirect.com/index.php?mai...2f09404466efd6

http://www.rodentpro.com/catalog.asp...el=frozen_rats

:)

pretty snake and a nice name :P
sorry bout your corn :(

Cute snake and welcome to the site.

We luuuuurves talking about snakes, so you should have fun.

Bruce