Daughter and My 1st Snake

[BillinIndiana]

We just picked up our 1st snake, a 2 month old Ball Python.. We set up his tank last night and bought him today at a Reptile show in Fort Wayne, Indiana.. He started exploring his new home about 45 seconds after we placed him in it.. He's a climber !

[Kaorte]

Congrats on the new snake! Its normal for a new snake to cruise their new enclosure. Babies tend to climb a little, but usually stop once they get older and heavier.

Pics??

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[BillinIndiana]

Thanks, it's just a Normal and we're unsure of it's sex? Doesn't really matter anyways it's just a pet.. My daughter made it a SHE and named her Avalon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/6146269...ream/lightbox/

[camel]

She is lovely. I love my normal. They are awesome. Enjoy

[luvmyballs]

Cool normal. Welcome to snakes. Let me warn you...bp' s are addicting. Can't wait to see your second. Ha ha.

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[BillinIndiana]

Thanks again, we thought she looked pretty cool. She stayed balled up when we were holding her at the show, she was probably freaked out and stressed.. We're going to give her till probably Weds. and handle her some more.. Going to let her relax a little after all the traveling to the show and back to our house etc..
The Vendor said she ate last Weds. also, so after a little handling time will try to feed her. Vendor showed me what size mouse she has been eating, so I bought 36 of them. That'll last her to maybe it's time to move up in rodent size.. I'm guessing?

[Fidget]

Congrats, I think that's an awesome thing to share with your daughter!

[Rawbbeh]

Thanks, it's just a Normal and we're unsure of it's sex? Doesn't really matter anyways it's just a pet..

I have to call Bologna here.

That is a downright lie. LIAR!

You can never have just ONE Ball python....you will find yourself getting the bug and before you know it you will have a rack system built in your spare bedroom with various morphs for breeding projects. You will find yourself unable to sleep at night and load up the laptop and play around with the morph calculator so you can satisfy your desires to breed crazy cool looking snakes. "Just a pet" you say...frakking bullcrap sir! It is an addiction and it cannot be quenched...just satisfied briefly with new "pickups" (which you will spam the forums with the MINUTE you get home and can throw it under a lamp in a white setting to get the best pictures possible while claiming "the pictures suck but the colors are even BETTER in person")

Blah blah blah. We've heard it all before. You're the new kid in class and you have to sit in the front of the school bus...but worry not...the next new kid is just coming home with his new "pet" just now from his local reptile expo....




Welcome to the club!

[Fidget]

You can never have just ONE Ball python....you will find yourself getting the bug and before you know it you will have a rack system built in your spare bedroom with various morphs for breeding projects. You will find yourself unable to sleep at night and load up the laptop and play around with the morph calculator so you can satisfy your desires to breed crazy cool looking snakes. "Just a pet" you say...frakking bullcrap sir! It is an addiction and it cannot be quenched...just satisfied briefly with new "pickups" (which you will spam the forums with the MINUTE you get home and can throw it under a lamp in a white setting to get the best pictures possible while claiming "the pictures suck but the colors are even BETTER in person")

Welcome to the club!

This may be hard to hear, but it's true.
Buckle up, you're in for a wild ride!

[DooLittle]

Congrats on your baby! However, I wouldn't start handling until it has had at least a week or two to settle in, and has eaten 2-3 times in a row for you. I know its hard to not handle them, but trust me, it well help your snake settle in better, and be better, more well adjusted in the long run, IMO.

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