A Domesticated Female Ball Python

Okay, so some time I have to actually take pictures of this, but I had to share. On my weekday days off, I spend the morning making my mother coffee and breakfast in bed, and watch Martha Stewart and The View together. It's nice to have female bonding before we do laundry, clean, and bake cookies.

Anyhoo, Regan, my newest addition has shown some great promise of being another Ophi in temperament. Ophelia, my eldest female, is as close to an "affectionate" snake as I've ever experienced, and Regan's really turning out a lot like her. So, while having my cup of tea(I quit smoking and, reluctantly, I quit drinking coffee) I brought her out. She was content to lay there, in my arms, and watch the entire hour of Martha Stewart. There were for a few times where she went exploring on the bed, but for the most part, she stayed near me. I'm sure she was just coming back to the warmth of my body and my blanket, but it was nice.
-Grins.- I just thought it kind of cute that it was Martha Stewart we were watching.

Great Meli, you have this heart warming story to tell, meanwhile, my latest addtition, the Cinnamon boy, wants to eat my face off and thinks he's part rattlesnake. You really know how to stick it to a guy:P

Glad you're having fun with your new girl.

Aww. If he's such a trouble-maker, I'll take him off your hands. -Grins.-

I snuggle with my snakes too, mostly at night while I'm reading, my two older BPs curl up beside my legs. My male will hang out for hours, but my oldest female likes to roam around and explore after awhile.
Cute story. Thanks for sharing.

Is it weird that I kind of want to have at least one snake that puts on a nice show of defense? A hisser and puffer would be such a delight!

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Originally Posted by Melicious

Aww. If he's such a trouble-maker, I'll take him off your hands. -Grins.-

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Nice offer Meli, but I think I'll work with him...he's just too dang pretty!

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Is it weird that I kind of want to have at least one snake that puts on a nice show of defense? A hisser and puffer would be such a delight!

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Hissing and puffing would be easier to deal with...this little guy is 207 grams pure "kick your butt" attitude. Very indearing actually.

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Originally Posted by Slim

this little guy is 207 grams pure "kick your butt" attitude. Very indearing actually.

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it would be too cute to see that i wouldn't be afraid id laugh to hard :) im sure he will warm up to you. but he still may want ot eat your girls face. Could have a face fetish haha

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Nice offer Meli, but I think I'll work with him...he's just too dang pretty!



Hissing and puffing would be easier to deal with...this little guy is 207 grams pure "kick your butt" attitude. Very indearing actually.

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Regan was like that the first week I got her. Duh? She tried to bite me in front of Adam when I popped open her box. That was my fault. I was impatient. O_o Then she struck at Nick when He was walking past her.

Hadrian...oh Hadrian. He used to strike at my butt every single time I walked past his enclosure. O_o He was definitely a butt man. ^_^

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it would be too cute to see that i wouldn't be afraid id laugh to hard :) im sure he will warm up to you. but he still may want ot eat your girls face. Could have a face fetish haha

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Tonight I'm cleaning tubs and she's coming over to help. I think I'm gonna' pull him out real quick, taking a few hits along the way, and just turn around and plop him in her hands. Should be a hoot!

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Tonight I'm cleaning tubs and she's coming over to help. I think I'm gonna' pull him out real quick, taking a few hits along the way, and just turn around and plop him in her hands. Should be a hoot!

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pictures or video! :P

Oh, by the way, the cookies we baked? White chocolate chunks with toffee(heath bar pieces). SOoooOooooOooo yummy. They MELT in your mouth.

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pictures or video! :P

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Bro, if I posted that video, knowing that snake was gonna' take a swing at her, I would get nailed to a pair of T shaped boards on here:D

Might still film it though:rofl:

My first BP is the coolest snake ever, I will sit in bed with the laptop on my lap, and she will curl up under the laptop. Most people would never even know she was there. When I do have her out of her tank, she never wants to go back, she will wrap around my arm, and slither back up.

The little normal girl I just got is turning out very much the same, at first she spent a lot of time in a ball, but now she loves to slither around and explore my hands.

the 1.1 phet snows I just got on the other hand will eat you if you get close enouph. Those 2 are stinkers, When I had them out taking pictures they both kept trying to eat the camera.
The boy almost got me once, I was soaking him to help with the bad shed he was having, when I went to take him out he kept trying to get me, I had to use a cup to position him to be picked up. and he did hit the cup a couple times.:rofl:

Update: Just cleaned "Attitude Boy's" tub, and nobody got bit...he still wasn't real happy with the process, and he was posed to strike the whole time we had him out, but he kept himself in check.

Mel, I want cookies! Except for Mars trying to take my face off last night, three of our like to hang out on our laps or crawl into pant legs and one is a cruiser.

One thing Slim forgot to mention is how lightening fast I flew backwards last night. I would have gone futher but I slammed into a stack of milk cartons with my back. Yeah, he may have been fast, but I was faster, lol

I have also story to share:

I took her out of tank and sit on couch. She just stayed on my hand with 2/3 of body with rest on couch surface. After about 20minutes I removed my hand and turned lights off. She just fold like number 8 and for another 30minutes stayed lying by my leg. She even allowed me touch her head and nape! She always moved with head before...